Selective habituation of defensive behavior: Evidence for predator-prey synchrony

Rovee‐Collier, Carolyn; Capatides, Joann B.; Fagen, Jeffrey W.; Negri, Val

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“…Although this procedure has been employed in a number of studies (e.g., Hill et al, 1994;Rovee et al, 1977;Rovee et al, 1976;Rovee-Collier et al, 1983), the interruption of tonic immobility may have caused a ceiling effect. The difference in duration of tonic immobility between chicks tested in the a.m. and the p.m. for those given light cues late in incubation may have been more pronounced if there had been no experimenter-imposed upper limit to tonic-immobility duration and chicks were allowed to terminate the behavior on their own.…”

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“…Tonic immobility can be induced in the laboratory by physical restraint as well as tactile pressure (Gallup, 1974;Ratner, 1967;Rovee-Collier et al, 1983). Rovee, Kaufman, Collier, and Kent (1976) found that when tonic immobility was induced in chicks at 1 of 13 clock hours, durations of tonic immobility peaked early in the night and were briefest at the beginning of the day.…”

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“…Tonic immobility, also known as death feigning or animal hypnosis, is an antipredator behavior characterized by a state of motor inhibition and ''waxy flexibility'' which may last for a few minutes to several hours (Rovee et al, 1977;Rovee-Collier, Capatides, Fagen, & Negri, 1983;Suarez & Gallup, 1983). Tonic immobility can be induced in the laboratory by physical restraint as well as tactile pressure (Gallup, 1974;Ratner, 1967;Rovee-Collier et al, 1983).…”

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“…On the day of testing, a chick was taken from the brood unit and brought into the testing chamber. The experimenters then induced tonic immobility using the ventral induction method (Rovee-Collier et al, 1983) by holding the chick down on its belly with physical restraint for 15 s. The chick was allowed to go into a state of tonic immobility for a maximum of 20 min (1,200 s). If the chick did not stand upright during this time, the experimenter terminated tonic immobility.…”

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Prehatch entrainment of circadian rhythms in the domestic chick using different light regimes

Hill¹,

Bassi²,

Bonaventura³

et al. 2004

Developmental Psychobiology

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The onset of circadian rhythms in many animals occurs during prenatal development. We conducted four experiments, using the domestic chick as a model, to assess when these rhythms can first be entrained and the type of light zeitgeber necessary. In Experiment 1, the presence of circadian rhythms was assessed using tonic immobility, an antipredator behavior, whereas in Experiments 2 to 4 body temperature was studied. We demonstrate that (a) circadian rhythms can be entrained during the late stage of the chick's 21-day incubation period (prehatch Days 13-18), (b) only 1 day of light cues [12:12 hr light:dark (12L:12D)] on prehatch Day 13 is necessary for entrainment, and (c) short bouts of light, which simulate the light cues embryos typically experience during natural incubation, can act as zeitgebers although they are not as effective as 12L:12D. The onset of entrainment is earlier than predicted and suggests that the brain structures mediating circadian rhythms mature sooner than proposed by previous research.

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Prehatch entrainment of circadian rhythms in the domestic chick using different light regimes

Hill¹,

Bassi²,

Bonaventura³

et al. 2004

Developmental Psychobiology

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“…Associated with this antipredator function, Rovee-Collier and her colleagues have shown that significantly longer TI durations occur at night, when few other behavioral options are available to diurnal fowl as effective antipredator strategies (Rovee et al, 1977). Moreover, nocturnal TI is very persistent, as evidenced by its greater resistance to habituation than TI induced during the day (Rovee-Collier et al, 1983). This periodicity of TI duration was determined to be due to an endogenous rhythm that was not influenced by alterations in lighting (Rovee et al, 1977) and suggests an early developing synchrony between predator and prey activities (Aschoff, 1964;Rovee-Collier et al, 1983).…”

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Tonic immobility and high‐intensity calls in a precocial chick as a function of age, diet, and time of day

Hill

Fleming

Shrier

1994

Developmental Psychobiology

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Tonic immobility (TI) and high-intensity vocalizations are two antipredator behaviors employed by domestic chicks (Gallus gallus) which vary in their function and the proximate mechanisms that govern them. In the present study, we sought to determine the influence of age (3 or 10 days old), diet (control or tryptophan-free), and time of testing (A.M. or P.M.) on the duration of TI and the number of calls produced in domestic chicks. Older chicks remained immobile significantly longer than younger chicks as did subjects on the control diet or those tested at night. However, 3-day-old chicks had significantly shorter TI durations only when tested in the A.M.: TI did not differ between age groups when subjects were tested in the P.M. Three-day-olds called significantly more than 10-day-olds when given the control diet and when tested in the P.M. but vocalization frequencies did not differ between age groups during the A.M. testing or when given the tryptophan-free diet (T-). Vocalization rate (calls/TI duration), however, was significantly greater during the A.M. testing. These results emphasize the importance of considering circadian rhythms and behavioral development. Furthermore, an integrative view of the proximate mechanisms and adaptive functions of TI and high-intensity vocalizations is presented.

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Predator videos and electric shock function as punishers for zebrafish (Danio rerio)

Kuroda

Mizutani

Cançado

et al. 2018

J Exper Analysis Behavior

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a promising animal model for studying the effects of gene–environment interactions on behavior. Two experiments were conducted to assess punishment effects of presenting predator videos (Indian leaf fish; Nandus nandus) and electric shock on operant approach responses in zebrafish. In Experiment 1, the predator video and shock stimuli were presented upon a response maintained by a single variable‐interval schedule of food reinforcement in different groups of fish. In Experiment 2, the predator video and shock stimuli were presented upon one of two response alternatives maintain by concurrently available variable‐interval schedules of food reinforcement in different groups of fish. Responding decreased when the predator video and shock stimuli were presented relative to their absence in both experiments. Moreover, responding on an unpunished alternative did not reliably decrease in Experiment 2. These results indicate that the decrease in responding resulted from the punishment contingency rather than from elicited species‐specific defense responses or conditioned avoidance. Thus, the predator video and electric shock functioned as punishers of operant behavior for zebrafish. Identifying punishers for this species could lead to research on how gene–environment interactions influence individual differences in sensitivity to punishment.

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Selective habituation of defensive behavior: Evidence for predator-prey synchrony

Cited by 18 publications

References 35 publications

Prehatch entrainment of circadian rhythms in the domestic chick using different light regimes

Prehatch entrainment of circadian rhythms in the domestic chick using different light regimes

Tonic immobility and high‐intensity calls in a precocial chick as a function of age, diet, and time of day

Predator videos and electric shock function as punishers for zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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