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Conditioning of sexual proceptivity in female quail: measures of conditioned place preference
Authors:Gutiérrez Germán  Domjan Michael
Institution:a Departamento de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Ciudad Universitaria, Bogotá, Colombia
b The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts, 1 University Station A8000, Austin, TX 78712, USA
Abstract:The present experiments were conducted to explore the nature of conditioned sexual proceptivity in female quail. Females exposed to males subsequently approached the area where the males were previously housed (Experiment 1). This increased preference for the male's area reflected an increase in female sexual proceptivity and not an increase in non-directed locomotor activity (Experiment 2). These findings provide the first evidence that female quail show conditioned responses that may be considered to be proceptive responses toward male conspecifics. The proceptive responses are expressed as tonic changes in preference for areas where males have been observed in the past rather than as specific phasic conditioned responses.
Keywords:Sexual proceptivity  Sexual conditioning  Place preference  Japanese quail
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