Social preferences of developing guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) from the preweaning to the periadolescent periods
Social preferences of developing guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) from the preweaning to the periadolescent periods
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DOI：
10.1037/0735-7036.117.4.406
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发表时间：
2003-12-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Maken, DS
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作者：
Hennessy, MB;Young, TL;Maken, DS
偏好测试在一个新的环境（实验1）和一个专门的生活环境（实验2）中的不显眼的观察检查的吸引力，各类同种成熟豚鼠（豚鼠）。结果发现：（a）幼仔继续留在母亲附近，远远超过断奶;（B）有增加的时间花在无关的成年女性，但不是男性，断奶后;（c）男性和女性的后代表现相似;和（d）同窝仔花了相当长的时间与对方。这些结果没有提供证据表明接近性成熟的豚鼠开始优先与新动物或潜在的繁殖伙伴联系。选择在很大程度上是可预测的早期发现的能力，各类同种减少下丘脑-垂体-肾上腺活动的年轻人。
Preference tests in a novel environment (Experiment 1) and unobtrusive observations in a specialized living environment (Experiment 2) examined the attractiveness of various classes of conspecifics for maturing guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus). It was found that (a) the young continued to remain near the mother well beyond weaning; (b) there was increased time spent with unrelated adult females, but not males, after weaning; (c) male and female offspring behaved similarly; and (d) littermates spent considerable time with each other. These results provide no evidence that guinea pigs approaching sexual maturity begin to associate preferentially with novel animals or potential breeding partners. Choices were largely predictable from earlier findings of the ability of various classes of conspecifics to reduce hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal activity of the young.