Effect of nucleus accumbens lesions on socially motivated behaviour of young domestic chicks
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DOI: 10.1111/ejn.13402
Abstract: Behaviour of young domestic chicks when isolated from conspecifics is influenced by two conflicting drives: fear of potential predator and craving for company. The nucleus accumbens (Ac) has been suggested to influence social behaviour, as… read more here.
Keywords: effect nucleus; domestic chicks; nucleus accumbens; young domestic ... See more keywords
Young Domestic Pigs (Sus scrofa) Can Perform Pavlovian Eyeblink Conditioning
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DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2021.690019
Abstract: Introduction: Pigs have been an increasingly popular preclinical model in nutritional neuroscience, as their anatomy, physiology, and nutrition requirements are highly comparable to those of humans. Eyeblink conditioning is one of the most well-validated behavioral… read more here.
Keywords: conditioning young; eyeblink conditioning; eyeblink; young pigs ... See more keywords
Young domestic chicks spontaneously represent the absence of objects
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DOI: 10.7554/elife.67208
Abstract: Absence is a notion that is usually captured by language-related concepts like zero or negation. Whether nonlinguistic creatures encode similar thoughts is an open question, as everyday behavior marked by absence (of food, of social… read more here.
Keywords: absence; domestic chicks; chicks spontaneously; young domestic ... See more keywords