Rodent

A study of the rat’s behavior in a field: A contribution to method in comparative psychology

THE OPEN-FIELD (OF) TEST, originally developed by Hall (Hall & Ballachey, 1932), is one of the most widely used methods in the study of emotionality in rodents. The test is conducted in an enclosed open area in which the animal...

Year Published: 1932Topics: Emotion, Pain, & SentienceAnimal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Hall, C. S., Ballachey, E. L. 1932. A study of the rat's behavior in a field: A contribution to method in comparative psychology. University of California Publications in Psychology 6, 1-12.

Animal behavior and internal drives

Rats run up to 43 km/24 h in running wheels.

Year Published: 1927Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Richter, C. P. 1927. Animal behavior and internal drives. Comparative Psychology Monographs 1, 1-55.

Transfer experiments with guinea-pigs

Year Published: 1927Animal Type: Guinea Pig

Citation: Hadley, C. V. D. 1927. Transfer experiments with guinea-pigs. British Journal of Psychology 18, 189-224.

Spontaneous activity in the rat

Rats obviously prefer running wheels over tunnels: Subjects ran more than 6 km/ 24 h in a running wheel but only less then 0.2 km in a circular tunnel run.

Year Published: 1954Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Eayrs, J. T. 1954. Spontaneous activity in the rat. Animal Behaviour 2, 25-30.

The wall-seeking tendency in three inbred mouse strains (Mus musculus)

Year Published: 1953Animal Type: Mouse, Rodent

Citation: Fredericson, E. 1953. The wall-seeking tendency in three inbred mouse strains (Mus musculus). Journal of Genetic Psychology 82, 143-146.

Rank order in caged rats

Rank-related conflicts are not common in caged rats

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Rat

Citation: Grant, E. C., Chance, M. R. A. 1958. Rank order in caged rats. Animal Behaviour 6, 183-194.

An experimental investigation of the role of social experience in the production of gastric ulcers in hooded rats

Rats in a chronic approach-avoidance conflict situation alone had significantly greater resultant ulceration than animals tested together.

Year Published: 1957Animal Type: Rat

Citation: Conger, J. J., Sawrey, W. L., Turrell, E. S. 1957. An experimental investigation of the role of social experience in the production of gastric ulcers in hooded rats. American Psychologist 12, 410 (Abstract).

Socially facilitated reduction of a fear response in rats

The presence of a conspecific mediates fear responses to a stressful situation.

Year Published: 1955Animal Type: Rat

Citation: Davitz, J. R., Mason, D. J. 1955. Socially facilitated reduction of a fear response in rats. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 48, 149-151.

Physiological damage under emotional stress as a function of early experience

Male Wistar rats were gentled for 10 minutes per day for 21 days, beginning when they were 23 days old. A control group was not gentled. At 44 and 79 days old, gentled rats weighe sginificantly more. All rats were...

Year Published: 1954Topics: Human-Animal InteractionAnimal Type: Rat

Citation: Weininger, O. 1954. Physiological damage under emotional stress as a function of early experience. Science 119, 285-286.

Effects of enriched and restricted early environments on the learning ability of bright and dull rats

The bright animals reared in enriched environments [group-housing with numerous enrichment gadgets] showed no improvement in learning ability over bright controls reared under normal laboratory condition [group-housing in barren cage]. The dull animals, on the other hand, benefited greatly from...

Year Published: 1958Animal Type: Rat, Rodent

Citation: Cooper, R. M., Zubek, J. P. 1958. Effects of enriched and restricted early environments on the learning ability of bright and dull rats. Canadian Journal of Psychology 12, 159-164.