Fighting fish Betta splendens extract relative information from apparent interactions: what happens when what you see is not what you get Export

@article{citeulike:272495, abstract = { Aggressive signalling interactions contain information that could be used by individuals other than those directly involved in the interaction. We investigated whether the relative information contained in such signalling interactions is used by others in a laboratory setting. Male fighting fish (subjects) were allowed to see three treatments, without themselves being seen. In the control treatment subjects saw two males that were not interacting. In the real interaction treatment the subjects saw two males interacting. In the apparent interaction treatment the two males could appear to the subject to be interacting but were actually interacting with males hidden from the subject\&\#039;s view. After observing a treatment the subject was allowed to interact visually with the two male \&\#145;opponents\&\#146; in turn. In both interaction treatments the outcome of the interaction observed by the subject (i.e. whether the opponent won or lost) significantly affected the subject\&\#039;s aggressive response to the opponent, but more strongly in apparent interactions. Subjects responded to opponents that had apparently won with shorter latencies, more time spent near and displaying, more tail beats and attempted bites. No absolute measures of opponents were significantly related to the subjects\&\#039; responses. Our results suggest that the level of aggression seen by eavesdroppers in interactions affects how they gather and use information. Copyright 2001 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour}, author = {Mcgregor, P. K. and Peake, T. M. and Lampe, H. M.}, citeulike-article-id = {272495}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/ar/2001/00000062/00000006/art01850}, comment = {How should the effects of the male-male "show" be conceptualized? A motivating (establishing/abolishing) operation?}, issn = {0003-3472}, journal = {Animal Behaviour}, keywords = {betta\_splendens, biting, gce, priming, tail\_beating}, month = {December}, number = {6}, pages = {1059--1065}, posted-at = {2005-08-04 05:12:48}, priority = {1}, title = {Fighting fish Betta splendens extract relative information from apparent interactions: what happens when what you see is not what you get}, url = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/ar/2001/00000062/00000006/art01850}, volume = {62}, year = {2001} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:272495 L3 - citeulike-article-id:272495 N2 - Aggressive signalling interactions contain information that could be used by individuals other than those directly involved in the interaction. We investigated whether the relative information contained in such signalling interactions is used by others in a laboratory setting. Male fighting fish (subjects) were allowed to see three treatments, without themselves being seen. In the control treatment subjects saw two males that were not interacting. In the real interaction treatment the subjects saw two males interacting. In the apparent interaction treatment the two males could appear to the subject to be interacting but were actually interacting with males hidden from the subject's view. After observing a treatment the subject was allowed to interact visually with the two male ‘opponents’ in turn. In both interaction treatments the outcome of the interaction observed by the subject (i.e. whether the opponent won or lost) significantly affected the subject's aggressive response to the opponent, but more strongly in apparent interactions. Subjects responded to opponents that had apparently won with shorter latencies, more time spent near and displaying, more tail beats and attempted bites. No absolute measures of opponents were significantly related to the subjects' responses. Our results suggest that the level of aggression seen by eavesdroppers in interactions affects how they gather and use information. Copyright 2001 The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour IS - 6 JF - Animal Behaviour SN - 0003-3472 EP - 1065 TI - Fighting fish Betta splendens extract relative information from apparent interactions: what happens when what you see is not what you get VL - 62 SP - 1059 KW - betta_splendens KW - biting KW - gce KW - priming KW - tail_beating N1 - How should the effects of the male-male "show" be conceptualized? A motivating (establishing/abolishing) operation? AU - Mcgregor, PK AU - Peake, TM AU - Lampe, HM PY - 2001/12// UR - http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/ap/ar/2001/00000062/00000006/art01850 ER -