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In a preliminary study rats showed a high consistency in order of being picked up in the dark from a feeding stand. The present study shows the consistency to be independent of prior behavioral treatment or surgical procedures. Although open-field tests do differentiate between groups differing in prior behavioral treatment they do not differentiate between order of picking up. A partial exploration of dominance suggests this variable may be related to order of picking up.
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1. The research was supported by Institutional Grant GU-712 from the National Science Foundation to Fairfield University. I wish to acknowledge the excellent assistance of Paul Handal.
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Kenyon, J. Animal-experimenter interaction and open-field behavior: The rat. Psychon Sci 12, 98 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331212
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