Abstract:Two experiments dealt with the behavioral responsiveness of the Mongolian gerbil to the onset, offset, and intensity of auditory stimulation. In Experiment I, the presence of background noise, relative to a condition of silence, was found to facilitate rate of shuttle activity in the gerbil. Also, both incremental and decremental shifts in noise intensity produced immediate increases and decreases, respectively, in activity level. Experiment II revealed that the relationship between shuttle-activity level and … Show more
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