Studies of Sociosexual Interactions in Rats in an Externally Valid Procedure: Are They Relevant for Understanding Human Sexual Behavior?

When a prolonged observation of groups of rats in a seminatural environment is used as testing procedure, different behavioral patterns are shown compared with what observed in a pair housed in a small cage. Males and females copulate simultaneously, they show a promiscuously and random copulatory p...

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Main Authors: Xi Chu, Anders Ågmo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de San Buenaventura 2016-09-01
Series:International Journal of Psychological Research
Subjects:
rat
Online Access:http://revistas.usb.edu.co/index.php/IJPR/article/view/2339