Burns-Cusato Melissa, Cusato Brian M, Daniel Alan
Department of Psychology, Texas Christian University, TX, USA.
J Comp Psychol. 2005 Feb;119(1):111-6. doi: 10.1037/0735-7036.119.1.111.
Sexual conditioning investigations have primarily used rats and domestic quail as subjects. Although much has been learned from such experiments, the relative simplicity of rat and quail reproductive behavior prohibits investigation of certain experimental questions about sexual conditioning. In contrast, the reproductive behavior of male and female ring doves (Streptopelia risoria) is complex, involving courtship, bonding, and parental care. In the present experiment, male ring doves that were presented with a visual conditioned stimulus paired with access to their pair-bonded mate (the unconditioned stimulus) showed sexual conditioned responding in the presence of the conditioned stimulus. These results represent the first evidence of sexual conditioning in ring doves and illustrate the potential of ring doves as a useful model for future sexual conditioning investigations.
性条件反射研究主要以大鼠和家鹌鹑作为实验对象。尽管从这类实验中已经了解到很多信息，但大鼠和鹌鹑生殖行为的相对简单性使得某些关于性条件反射的实验问题无法得到研究。相比之下，雄性和雌性环颈鸽（Streptopelia risoria）的生殖行为较为复杂，包括求偶、配对和育雏。在本实验中，当向雄性环颈鸽呈现视觉条件刺激并使其能接触到配对的配偶（非条件刺激）时，这些雄性环颈鸽在条件刺激出现时表现出性条件反应。这些结果是环颈鸽存在性条件反射的首个证据，并表明环颈鸽作为未来性条件反射研究的有用模型具有潜力。
