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Four hooded rats were raised from Day 10 through Day 221 of life in a cage which prevented rearing responses and modified certain grooming responses. Only slight transient differences in the forms of these behaviors were observed when these restricted Ss were compared to normally raised controls in free-field situations. The results were interpreted as meaning that prolonged response prevention is not sufficient to prevent the development of species-specific behavior patterns.
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This research was supported in part by Grant APA-201 from the National Research Council of Canada. Dalbir Bindra is sponsor of this manuscript and takes full editorial responsibility.
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Russell, R.L., Pihl, R.O. Long-term behavioral restriction and adult behavior in the rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 33–34 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333330
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333330