Effects of habituation on threat display and dominance establishment in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens. Export

@article{citeulike:368140, abstract = {Conducted 3 separate experiments, with a total of 70 male Bettas and 30 male Siamese fighting fish, in which Bettas were exposed, respectively, to mirror images, a variety of conspecifics, and to future opponents, prior to combat with unexposed Ss. Threat display to mirror images and to live opponents habituated significantly, but the outcomes of dominance-subordinance tests were not significantly affected by prior exposure to any of the threat-eliciting stimuli. Results are discussed in terms of stimulus and response specificity and possible chemical suppression of agonistic behavior. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved)}, author = {Meliska, J. A. and Meliska, C. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {368140}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/986967}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=986967}, issn = {0090-4996}, journal = {Anim Learn Behav}, keywords = {betta\_splendens, conspecific, dominance, habituation, mirror, priming}, month = {May}, number = {2}, pages = {167--171}, posted-at = {2005-10-27 21:41:17}, priority = {0}, title = {Effects of habituation on threat display and dominance establishment in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/986967}, volume = {4}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:368140 L3 - citeulike-article-id:368140 N2 - Conducted 3 separate experiments, with a total of 70 male Bettas and 30 male Siamese fighting fish, in which Bettas were exposed, respectively, to mirror images, a variety of conspecifics, and to future opponents, prior to combat with unexposed Ss. Threat display to mirror images and to live opponents habituated significantly, but the outcomes of dominance-subordinance tests were not significantly affected by prior exposure to any of the threat-eliciting stimuli. Results are discussed in terms of stimulus and response specificity and possible chemical suppression of agonistic behavior. (20 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved) IS - 2 JF - Anim Learn Behav SN - 0090-4996 EP - 171 TI - Effects of habituation on threat display and dominance establishment in the Siamese fighting fish, Betta splendens. VL - 4 SP - 167 KW - betta_splendens KW - conspecific KW - dominance KW - habituation KW - mirror KW - priming AU - Meliska, JA AU - Meliska, CJ PY - 1976/05// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/986967 ER -