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Differential novelty detection in rats selectively bred for novelty-seeking behavior.
Neuroscience letters - 11 Sept 2009
Ballaz Santiago J
Abstract excerpt
"Novelty-seeking" behavior describes the variability of rats' locomotor response, namely high and low responders (HR and LR respectively), when exposed to a novel environment. Novelty-seeking in the rat is considered to model "sensation-seeking" in humans, a personality trait related to substance abuse. It is assumed that HR rats and LR rats differ in their emotional reactivity because of the disparate incentive...
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