Effects of duration of infantile stimulation upon emotionality

With the assumption that infantile handling is stress-producing and tends to reduce responsiveness to later stressful situations, it was hypothesized that "emotionality" in adult rats would be inversely related to amount of handling during the 1st 20 days. In an open field test unhandled r...

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Published in:	Canadian Journal of Psychology Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 72 - 76
Main Authors:	Denenberg, Victor H, Morton, John R. C, Kline, Ned J, Grota, Lee J
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Canada University of Toronto Press 01-01-1962 Canadian Psychological Association
Subjects:	Animal Animals Behavior Humans Infantilism Old Medline Rats Stress BEHAVIOR
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Summary:	With the assumption that infantile handling is stress-producing and tends to reduce responsiveness to later stressful situations, it was hypothesized that "emotionality" in adult rats would be inversely related to amount of handling during the 1st 20 days. In an open field test unhandled rats were significantly less active on Days 77-79 than those handled for the 1st 10 or 20 days. Following shock on Day 80 the 20-day group defecated least, and the unhandled group the most.
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ISSN:	0008-4255 1196-1961 1878-7290
DOI:	10.1037/h0083235