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Author Schwartz, E.B.; Granger, D.A.; Susman, E.J.; Gunnar, M.R.; Laird, B. url  doi
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  Title Assessing Salivary Cortisol in Studies of Child Development Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Child Development Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 69 Issue 6 Pages 1503-1513  
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  Abstract In a series of studies, we evaluated the susceptibility of radioimmunoassays (RIA) for saliva cortisol to interference effects caused by oral stimulants used to facilitate saliva collection in studies with children. When added directly to saliva samples, oral stimulants (drink mix crystals) artificially inflated estimated cortisol concentrations. The magnitude of the interference effect was concentration-dependent and more pronounced for some stimulants and RIA procedures than for others. Analysis of samples collected using oral stimulants from child and adult participants confirmed stimulant interference as an extraneous source of variability in measured saliva cortisol. Associations between serum and saliva cortisol and between saliva cortisol and “behavioral” variables were attenuated by stimulant interference. A survey of six large child studies estimated interference effects, indexed by low sample pH, to be present in 14.7% of the 1,148 total saliva samples, or 2%-54% (M= 22%) of samples within each study. Recommendations to minimize the impact of stimluant interference in studies involving salivary cortisol in the context of child health and development are outlined.  
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  ISSN 1467-8624 ISBN Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5562  
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Author Gese, E.M.; Ruff, R.L. url  doi
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  Title Howling by coyotes (Canis latrans): variation among social classes, seasons, and pack sizes Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Can J Zool Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 76 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Gese1998 Serial 6462  
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Author Wittling, W.; Block, A.; Schweiger, E.; Genzel, S. url  doi
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  Title Hemisphere Asymmetry in Sympathetic Control of the Human Myocardium Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Brain and Cognition Abbreviated Journal Brain Cogn.  
  Volume 38 Issue 1 Pages 17-35  
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  Abstract Hemisphere asymmetry in sympathetic control of myocardial performance was studied in healthy human subjects using lateralized film presentation for selective sensory stimulation of the hemispheres and impedance cardiography for the evaluation of cardiac output, systolic time intervals and myocardial contractility. Results revealed a clear and consistent right hemisphere predominance in sympathetically mediated control of various components of myocardial performance. There is reason to assume that the obtained hemisphere differences in autonomic control of the heart are self-reliant processes not depending on emotion-related hemisphere asymmetry. As far as we know, this is the first study examining the distinct roles of the cerebral hemispheres in neural control of ventricular myocardial functions.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5351  
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Author Mesulam, M.-M. url  openurl
  Title Review article. From sensation to cognition Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Brain Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 121 Issue Pages 1013-1052  
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Author Breitenmoser, U. url  doi
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  Title Large predators in the Alps: the fall and rise of man's competitors Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Biol Conserv Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 83 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Breitenmoser1998 Serial 6450  
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Author Peters, G.; Tembrock, G. openurl 
  Title Subharmonics, biphonation, and deterministic chaos in mammal vocalizations Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Bioacoustics Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume 9 Issue Pages  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Peters1998 Serial 6483  
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Author Sutton J.E.; Roberts W.A. doi  openurl
  Title Do pigeons show incidental timing? Some experiments and a suggested hierarchical framework for the study of attention in animal cognition Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Behavioural Processes Abbreviated Journal Behav. Process.  
  Volume 44 Issue Pages 263-275  
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  Call Number refbase @ user @ Serial 3463  
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Author Byrne, T.; Sutphin, G.; Poling, A. url  openurl
  Title Acquisition, extinction, and reacquisition of responding with delayed and immediate reinforcement Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Behavioural Processes Abbreviated Journal Behav. Process.  
  Volume 43 Issue 1 Pages 97-101  
  Keywords Acquisition; Delayed reinforcement; Extinction; Rats  
  Abstract The present study investigated acquisition, extinction, and reacquisition of free-operant responding when rats' lever presses produced water after a resetting delay of 0, 10, 20, or 30 s. Results indicated that: (1) responding was acquired rapidly at all delays without shaping or autoshaping; (2) resistance to extinction was directly related to delay length and inversely related to intermittency of reinforcement; (3) responding acquired with delayed reinforcement recovered less rapidly from extinction, and was less efficient, than responding acquired with immediate reinforcement. Comparing these results with those of studies using discrete-trials and free-operant procedures with no reinforcement delay suggest that the specific conditions under which behavior is maintained determines, in part, the behavioral effects of delay and intermittency of reinforcement.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3601  
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Author Duncan, I.J.H.; Widowski, T.M.; Malleau, A.E.; Lindberg, A.C.; Petherick, J.C. url  doi
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  Title External factors and causation of dustbathing in domestic hens Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Behavioural Processes Abbreviated Journal Behav. Process.  
  Volume 43 Issue 2 Pages 219-228  
  Keywords Dustbathing; Illumination; Laying hens; Radiant heat; Social facilitation; Temperature  
  Abstract Dustbathing is known to be motivated by complex interactions between internal factors which build up over time and external factors, such as the sight of a dusty substrate. In this study, the effects of other external factors were investigated. Environmental temperature was shown to be important; frequencies of dustbathing were greater when hens were held at 22 than at 10[degree sign]C (P<0.01). In a second experiment, a radiant heat source or a radiant heat+light source, balanced to give the same radiant heat, resulted in more dustbathing behaviour during a 1-h stimulus period than during the same period with no stimulus (P<0.05). Components of dustbathing were increased more by the heat+light stimulus than by the heat stimulus alone (P<0.03). In a third experiment, the amount of dustbathing performed by individual hens in cages with dustbaths was increased by the presence of a group of hens dustbathing in an adjoining pen with a dustbath compared with the amount occurring when the hens were absent from the pen.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 3607  
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Author Wanker, R.; Apcin, J.; Jennerjahn, B.; Waibel, B. doi  openurl
  Title Discrimination of different social companions in spectacled parrotlets ( Forpus conspicillatus ): evidence for individual vocal recognition Type Journal Article
  Year 1998 Publication (down) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Abbreviated Journal Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol.  
  Volume 43 Issue 3 Pages 197-202  
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  Abstract Abstract: Individual recognition is generally assumed to be a prerequisite for establishing and maintaining a complex social system. Indeed, there is good evidence that highly social species have complex systems of vocal communication with individual recognition by acoustic cues. In this study, we provide experimental evidence that vocal class and individual recognition is present in a non-passerine bird, the spectacled parrotlet (Forpus conspicillatus). Spectacled parrotlets live in a complex system of social relationships. Soon after fledging, the young establish close sibling relationships which are important for successful socialization, pairing and reproduction. In a series of playback experiments we tested if spectacled parrotlets use contact calls for vocal recognition. The results showed that spectacled parrotlets discriminate between the contact calls of different social categories. Adult birds preferred to respond to the contact calls of their mates. Subadult individuals recognized the contact calls of their siblings. During the period of pair bond formation, the affiliative contacts to the siblings decrease, but the parrotlets continue to respond to the calls of their siblings. This is the first evidence that vocal sibling recognition might outlast the period of strong sibling interaction and extends into the period of pair bond formation. In cases of mate loss or divorce, the acoustic contact to their siblings might facilitate the re-establishment of close sibling relationships.  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4571  
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