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Author Gallagher, M.; Rapp, P.R. url  doi
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  Title The Use Of Animal Models To Study The Effects Of Aging On Cognition Type Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Annual Review of Psychology Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 48 Issue 1 Pages 339-370  
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  Abstract This review addresses the importance of animal models for understanding the effects of normal aging on the brain and cognitive functions. First, studies of laboratory animals can help to distinguish between healthy aging and pathological conditions that may contribute to cognitive decline late in life. Second, research on individual differences in aging, a theme of interest in studies of elderly human beings, can be advanced by the experimental control afforded in the use of animal models. The review offers a neuropsychological framework to compare the effects of aging in human beings, monkeys, and rodents. We consider aging in relation to the role of the medial temporal lobe in memory, the information processing functions of the prefrontal cortex in the strategic use of memory, and the regulation of attention by distributed neural circuitry. We also provide an overview of the neurobiological effects of aging that may account for alterations in psychological functions.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2971  
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Author Bayley,L.; Maxwell, R. (eds) isbn  openurl
  Title Understanding Your Horse: How to Overcome Common Behaviour Problems Type Book Whole
  Year 1997 Publication Abbreviated Journal (down)  
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“Problem” horses are usually horses that are trying to tell their owners that something is wrong and reacting in the only way they know how. Lesley Bayley leads the reader through Richard Maxwell's system of understanding equine psychology and for overcoming some of the natural responses that horses use in situations that frighten or confuse them. Beginning with two chapters on how horses communicate with each other (and with their owners), the authors go on to describe the effects of pain on the horse's behavior. Two chapters on establishing trust with older, difficult horses and with “starting” (breaking in) foals and young horses lead into the final sections on dealing with specific behavioral problems. The authors stress that positive reinforcement of desired behaviors will achieve the desired results, and that understanding why a horse is acting the way it does goes a long way toward getting it to develop desirable habits or toward changing undesirable conduct. This will be an extremely useful adjunct to all of the how-to books on riding and horse care. Nancy Bent

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A wealth of sound advice on how to “listen to” and really understand your horse, with a caring approach to techniques for training and overcoming behavioral problems.
 
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  Publisher Trafalgar Square Publishing Place of Publication Editor Bayley,L.; Maxwell, R.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3593  
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Author Rundgren, M.; Nordin, A. openurl 
  Title Personality profile and simple learning tests for horses Type Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Proceedings of the 48th Annual Meeting of the European Association of Animal Production Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume Issue Pages 1-4  
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  Publisher Place of Publication Vienna Editor  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3598  
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Author Darwin , Charles isbn  openurl
  Title The Descent of Man; Reprint edition Type Book Whole
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  Publisher Prometheus Books; Place of Publication Amherst, New York Editor  
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  ISSN ISBN 978-1573921763 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4095  
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Author Krebs, J.R.; Davies, N.B. isbn  openurl
  Title Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach Type Book Whole
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  Abstract ntended for graduate and upper level undergraduate courses in behavioural ecology where students are already familiar with the basic ideas, this book continues to define the subject. A completely new set of contributions has been brought together once more to take account of the many exciting new developments in the field. Each chapter presents a balanced view of the subject, integrating a clear exposition of the theory with a critical discussion of how predictions have been tested by experiments and comparative studies. In addition, the book points to unreconciled issues and possible future developments. Edited by two of the most highly regarded experts in the field, this new volume contains contributions from an international authorship and continues the tradition of clarity and accessibility established by the three previous editions.  
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  Publisher Blackwell Science Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Editor  
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  ISSN ISBN 0865427313 9780865427310 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ 35114973 Serial 4276  
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Author Giraldeau, Luc-Alain url  isbn
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  Title The ecology of information use Type Book Chapter
  Year 1997 Publication Behavioural ecology : an evolutionary approach Abbreviated Journal (down)  
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  Publisher Blackwell Science Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Editor Krebs, J.R.; Davies, N.B.  
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  ISSN ISBN 0865427313 9780865427310 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ 35114973 Serial 4277  
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  Title Personality and Personality Disorders Type Book Chapter
  Year 1997 Publication Behavioural Genetics Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume Issue Pages 195-207  
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  Publisher W. H. Freeman and Company Place of Publication New York Editor Plomin, R.; DeFries, J.C.; McClearn, G.E.;Rutter, M.  
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  Series Editor Series Title Abbreviated Series Title  
  Series Volume Series Issue Edition 3  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4283  
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Author Beaugrand, J.P. url  openurl
  Title Relative importance of initial individual differences, victory and defeat experiences, and assessment accuracy during hierarchy formation: A simulation study Type Miscellaneous
  Year 1997 Publication Cogprints Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 41 Issue Pages 177-192  
  Keywords Dominance; Hierarchy formation; RHP; agonistic experience; Assessment; Self-organization; Simulation  
  Abstract This simulation study explores some conditions leading to transitivity within dominance orders. Combinations of three parameters were varied to study their consequences upon hierarchy formation and upon the degree of linearity of resultant structures. The factors studied were (i) the importance of initial Resource Holding Potentials (RHPs) , (ii) changes brought in RHPs by successive victories and defeats, and (iii) accuracy of RHP assessment made by opponents. Results show that initial differences in RHP always lead to perfectly transitive chains whose rank order reflects the importance of initial differences. Even when simulated animals make important errors while assessing each other during round robin tournaments, emerging dominance structures are perfectly linear and ranks obtained in the structure are highly correlated with initial values in RHPs. Moreover, accumulated experiences of victory and/or defeat alone always lead to perfectly linear hierarchies. Their combination with initial individual differences in RHP led to the same conclusion. Even when assessment was far from being perfect, not only perfect chains were formed but initial values in RHPs significantly influenced rank order when the contribution of victory and defeat to RHP was relatively unimportant. The higher the importance of victory and defeat to RHP as compared to that of initial RHP values, the lower was the correlation between initial RHP values and the ranks order reached by individuals in the resultant hierarchies. In general also, the lower the variation within initial RHPs, the lower was the correlation between initial RHPs and ranks in the hierarchy. At a given level of initial RHP dispersion, increasing the contribution of victory and defeat to RHP diminished the correlation between initial RHP values and obtained ranks. In addition, inaccurate assessment reduced the overall correlation, especially when dispersion of initial RHP values was low and the contribution of victory and defeat was high. These results shed some light on the controversy about the respective roles of initial individual attributes and that of patterns of resolution in the formation of animal hierarchies. We present the emergence of social order within closed systems as those simulated here as a case of self-organization.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ cogprints:1965 Serial 4291  
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Author Whiten A.; Byrne, R. W. (eds) openurl 
  Title Machiavellian Intelligence II – Extensions and Evaluations Type Book Whole
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  Publisher Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Editor Whiten A.; Byrne, R. W.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5233  
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Author Schultz, W.; Dayan, P.; Montague, P.R. url  doi
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  Title A Neural Substrate of Prediction and Reward Type Journal Article
  Year 1997 Publication Science Abbreviated Journal (down)  
  Volume 275 Issue 5306 Pages 1593-1599  
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  Abstract The capacity to predict future events permits a creature to detect, model, and manipulate the causal structure of its interactions with its environment. Behavioral experiments suggest that learning is driven by changes in the expectations about future salient events such as rewards and punishments. Physiological work has recently complemented these studies by identifying dopaminergic neurons in the primate whose fluctuating output apparently signals changes or errors in the predictions of future salient and rewarding events. Taken together, these findings can be understood through quantitative theories of adaptive optimizing control.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5749  
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