An electronic open field |
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| Authors: | D I Whitmoyer D Mascó H F Carrer |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anatomy and Brain Research Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA;2. Instituto de Investigación Médica, Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra Casilla de Correo 389, 5000 Córdoba, Argentina |
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| Abstract: | An electronic open field made with inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials is described. Its automatic operation frees the researcher from tedious and time consuming direct observations in experiments measuring exploratory behavior, goal preference, etc. Its numeric output can be read from the display or interfaced to printers, recorders, computers, etc. As an example of its operation, experimental results measuring sexual motivation (proceptivity) of female rats are reported. |
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| Keywords: | Open field Sexual motivation Proceptivity Exploratory behavior |
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