Play fighting and the development of agonistic behavior in male and female rats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11107222 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lorey K Takahashi (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, corresponding author), Richard Lore (Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Richard K Lore |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 217-227 |
| Publication date | 1983-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Aggressive Behavior (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0096-140X • E-ISSN: 1098-2337 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/1098-2337(1983)9:3<217::aid-ab2480090303>3.0.co;2-4 |
| OpenAlex | W2082841548 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 24 |
Two longitudinal studies were conducted to quantify the social behaviors exhibited by both male and female Long-Evans rats from the immediate postweaning period until young adulthood. In Experiment 1, male sibling pairs engaged in a high level of play fighting during the early juvenile period but such activity declined to a level significantly lower than that of female and mixed-sex pairs after 54 days of age. In Experiment 2, social exchanges during maturation were examined during the presence and absence of the piloerection response in an effort to distinguish play fighting from agonistic interactions. In male pairs, piloerection was rarely seen before 55–75 days of age but thereafter occurred with increasing frequency especially among dominant males. Furthermore, subordinate males retreated from their dominant partners and remained in an escape chamber for a significant amount of time only during encounters involving the exhibition of piloerection. This finding suggests that piloerection can be useful in identifying play and aggressive interactions. In female and heterosexual pairs, piloerection was observed infrequently during social encounters occurring throughout maturation. In addition, when given the opportunity to escape, females were less likely to retreat from play activity if their partner was another female than a male.
Aggression · Agonistic behaviour · Biology · Developmental psychology · Juvenile · Sibling · Animal Behavior and Reproduction · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Ecology · Medicine · Physiology · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
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| Citations per year | 0.49 |
| Citation span | 1987 - 2020 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 17 |