Aulich D, Spielhofen J
Z Tierpsychol. 1977 Jun;44(2):148-53. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1977.tb00989.x.
The hypothessis was tested that rats' initial activity in a novel situation represents escape tendencies rather than exploratory behaviour. 30 male albino rats were handled when 90 days old, another 30 rats remained undisturbed. All the animals got 7 trials in a light-dark preference situation. For half of the animals the lighted part contained additional stimuli. Although activity was high, rats did not investigate these stimuli in the first trials. This result seems to favour the escape hypothesis.
该假设得到了验证，即在新环境中大鼠的初始活动代表逃避倾向而非探索行为。30只雄性白化大鼠在90日龄时进行了处理，另外30只大鼠未受干扰。所有动物在明暗偏好情境中进行了7次试验。对于一半的动物来说，明亮部分包含额外的刺激。尽管活动量很高，但大鼠在最初的试验中并未探究这些刺激。这一结果似乎支持逃避假设。
