Poucet B, Durup M, Thinus-Blanc C
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Laboratoire de Neurosciences Functionnelles (Ulbis) 31 chemin Joseph-Aiguier 13402 Marseille cedex 9 France.
Behav Processes. 1988 May;16(3):203-11. doi: 10.1016/0376-6357(88)90040-X.
Short-term (within-session) and long-term (between-session) habituation of exploratory behavior was studied in rats, hamsters and gerbils. Subjects were observed in an open field containing four different objects during three 15-min sessions with an 8-14 h interval between each session. Their exploratory activity was measured by the numbers of contacts they made with these objects. The three species differed from each other in both their long-term and short-term habituation of exploration. Rats showed disrupted between-session habituation because of an important initial burst of activity at the beginning of each session. In contrast, hamsters and gerbils displayed between-session habituation, but within-session habituation occured during the first session only. These results are discussed in relation both to the adaptive value of exploration, and to the natural habitat of each species.
在大鼠、仓鼠和沙鼠中研究了探索行为的短期（实验过程中）和长期（不同实验间）习惯化。在一个包含四个不同物体的旷场中，对实验对象进行三次15分钟的观察，每次观察之间间隔8 - 14小时。通过它们与这些物体的接触次数来测量其探索活动。这三个物种在探索行为的长期和短期习惯化方面均存在差异。大鼠在不同实验间的习惯化受到干扰，因为每次实验开始时会有一个重要的初始活动爆发。相比之下，仓鼠和沙鼠表现出不同实验间的习惯化，但仅在第一次实验过程中出现实验过程中的习惯化。将结合探索行为的适应性价值以及每个物种的自然栖息地对这些结果进行讨论。
