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Habituation in the neonatal rat
Author(s) -
File Sandra E.,
Plotkin H. C.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420070204
Subject(s) - habituation , sensitization , litter , orienting response , psychology , developmental psychology , anesthesia , medicine , audiology , neuroscience , biology , agronomy
Habituation of a head‐raising and turning response elicited by a puff of air directed at the dorsal body surface was investigated in neonatal rats over the first 7 days postpartum. The procedures used provided controls for litter effects, spontaneous activity, body temperature loss, sensitization effects, and handling. From Day 3 the response could be elicited significantly more frequently than it occurred spontaneously. Thereafter, on each successive day, the animals required an increasing number of trials to habituate this response.