Differences in affiliative behavior of weanling rats selecting eating and drinking sites.
- 1 June 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology
- Vol. 92 (3), 431-437
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0077477
Abstract
The presence of an adult rat at a feeding site profoundly influenced a conspecific weanling''s probability of eating there. Presence of an adult rat at a drinking site did not have a comparable effect. The influence of adult presence at a feeding site on pup feeding site selection, reported in previous studies, may not be simply an epiphenomenon reflecting a general affiliative tendency of rat pups. Social affiliation appears to be a factor of special importance in the feeding site selection of young rats.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Social transmission of food preferences: An adaptation for weaning in rats.Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 1977