Social Facilitation of Locomotion and Exploration in Rats
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9620029 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R N HUGHES (University of Canterbury, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1969 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 385-388 |
| Publication date | 1969-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1969.tb01211.x |
| PMID | 5811238 |
| OpenAlex | W2043802999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Male white rats engaged in more locomotion and less defaecation and freezing in an open field when in the company of another male rat than when alone. They also exhibited proportionally more sniffling and less tooth grinding and chattering when in the same square of the aparatus as their partners than when in different squares. It was concluded that the presence of a second rat somehow reduced the aversive nature of the experimental environment
Facilitation · Open field · Social facilitation · Neuroscience · Psychology · Social Psychology · Stress Responses and Cortisol
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1974 - 1995 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |