Temporal differentiation in two strains of small rodents: a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and an albino mouse (Mus musculus OF1)

Lejeune, Helga; Huynen, Marie-Claude; Ferrara, André

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Temporal differentiation in two strains of small rodents: a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and an albino mouse (Mus musculus OF1)

Lejeune, Helga; Huynen, Marie-Claude; Ferrara, André

2000 • In Behavioural Processes, 52 (2-3), p. 155-169

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cognition; perception; temporal regulation; time; animal

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[en] Wood mice (Apodemus sylvaticus) and OF1 albino mice (Mus musculus) were compared over durations ranging from 0.5 to 7 s, using the differential reinforcement of response duration schedule (DRRD) and a 'platform' response, i.e. staying on a small platform for a specified criterion duration to be reinforced. Species-related differences were found for mean response durations, efficiency and the number of trials needed to reach a preset performance criterion. Coefficients of variation of response durations did not differ. Overall, OF1 mice needed more trials than wood mice to reach a temporal criterion. However, over 3-7 s, data from both strains almost fitted the behavioral assumptions of Scalar Timing theory. Performance of mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) trained in a similar setting was shown for visual comparison.

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Animal psychology, ethology & psychobiology

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Lejeune, Helga ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unité de psychobiologie des processus temporels

Huynen, Marie-Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Biologie du comportement - Ethologie et psychologie animale

Ferrara, André ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences cognitives > Neuroscience comportementale et psychopharmacologie expér.

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English

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Temporal differentiation in two strains of small rodents: a wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus) and an albino mouse (Mus musculus OF1)

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07 December 2000

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Behavioural Processes

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0376-6357

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Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, Netherlands

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2-3

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155-169

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