TEMPERATURE PREFERENCE IN GOLDEN HAMSTERS,

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Abstract:

The preferences of pre-and-post-hibernative hamsters for relatively cool 8C or relatively warm 19C or 24C environmental temperatures was tested in a T-maze using the method of forced choice to equate number of visits to, and total time spent in each environment. The findings of the experiment were 1 pre-hibernative hamsters show a marked preference for an 8C environment to either a 19C or 24C environment, and 2 following arousal there occurs a shift in preference on the part of the hamsters to a 24C environment over one of 8C. The significance of these results is discussed in terms of possible purposive thermoregulatory behaviors. Author

Author(s):
Gumma, M. R. ; South, F. E. ; Allen, H. N.
Author Organization(s):
COLORADO STATE UNIV FORT COLLINS
Supplementary Note:
Prepared in cooperation with New Mexico State Univ., College Park, Dept. of Psychology.
Pagination:
0014

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
A-487
Contract/Grant Number(s):
Nonr(G)-0001-65, PHS-GM-09584
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*HAMSTERS, BEHAVIOR, HIBERNATION, ENVIRONMENTS, TEMPERATURE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Anatomy and Physiology
Report Date:
1966 Jan 01