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A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING THERMOREGULATORY BEHAVIOR IN THE RAT
Author(s) -
Wright John W.,
Meyer Merle E.
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1969.12-999
Subject(s) - lever , flow (mathematics) , thermoregulation , tracking (education) , wheel running , range (aeronautics) , atmospheric temperature range , psychology , environmental science , simulation , computer science , mechanics , materials science , thermodynamics , ecology , biology , physics , endocrinology , quantum mechanics , composite material , pedagogy
A tracking procedure was used to investigate the ability of rats to regulate their ambient temperature. Rats were placed in a chamber with two levers; depressions of one lever controlled a cold‐water flow (11°C) and the other controlled the flow of hot water (57 ± 1°C). If it alternated responses, the rat could regulate temperature within these two extremes. With training, this regulatory behavior resulted in a narrow environmental temperature range that approximated normal body temperature.