TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1975//
TI  - Aggression and social experience in domesticated rats
JO  - Journal of comparative and physiological psychology
A1  - Luciano, D.
A1  - Lore, R.
SP  - 917
EP  - 923
VL  - 88
IS  - 2
N2  - Small colonies of rats were established, using adult animals that had either received continuous social experience or had been isolated since weaning. Unfamiliar "intruder" rats--with or without postweaning social experience--were exposed individually to the colonies for a 21-hr. period. Behavioral observations and an assessment of the intruder's physical condition indicated that serious fighting, physical injuries, and large weight losses occurred only when an isolation-reared intruder was placed into a colony of socially experienced rats. These results demonstrate that aggression is a joint function of the rearing history of both the colony and the intruder and that social experience plays an important role in the behavioral development of this species.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0021-9940
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -