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Both the age at which housing conditions are imposed and the type of activity measured are shown to affect the results obtained in studies concerned with the effects of social density on the behavior of laboratory rats.
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Syme, L.A. Social isolation at weaning: Some effects on two measures of activity. Animal Learning & Behavior 1, 161–163 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03199065
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