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Repellent effect of selected essential oils against the wolf spider Pardosa hortensis (Araneae: Lycosidae) 所选精油对狼蛛的驱避作用。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-14 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105283

Marek Chajduk , Marek Gołębiowski , Marzena Stańska , Christophe Lucas

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Rats show qualitative sex differences in interaction preferences among unfamiliar same-sex conspecifics 大鼠在不熟悉的同性间表现出质的性别差异。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105298

Yuki Ippongi, Yasushi Kiyokawa, Yukari Takeuchi

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T-maze navigation by juvenile wolf spiders provides evidence for learning 小狼蛛的t型迷宫导航为学习提供了证据。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105300

Hailey C. Shannon , Ann L. Rypstra

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Playing or fighting? Home cage dynamics in crowding or social instability paradigms contribute to stress and reproductive impairments in adult female Wistar rats 玩还是打？拥挤或社会不稳定范式下的家笼动态对成年雌性Wistar大鼠应激和生殖障碍的影响

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105301

Marilou Poitras , Élodie A. Ouellette , Sergio M. Pellis , Hélène Plamondon

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Verbal segments and multiple-pair training in relational responding under a transposition paradigm in children 换位范式下儿童关系反应的语段和多对训练。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-12-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105275

Isiris Guzmán-Reyes , Iván Felipe Medina-Arboleda , Joao Santibáñez-Armenta , Alejandro León

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A cost-effective Raspberry Pi-based operant playback setup to evaluate auditory preferences in songbirds 一个经济高效的基于树莓派的操作回放设置来评估鸣禽的听觉偏好。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105276

Prateek K. Sahu , Alexandra D. Garcia , Katharine H. Stenstrom , Moriah J. Deimeke , Sarah M.L. Smeltz , Isaac J. Lank , Christopher B. Sturdy

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Acoustic traits of male ultrasonic courtship song in a rodent with induced ovulation, the Harting’s vole (Microtus hartingi) 诱导排卵的雄性洪亭田鼠（Microtus hartingi）超声求偶声的声学特征。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-25 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105277

Ilya A. Volodin , Marina V. Rutovskaya , Fedor N. Golenishchev , Elena V. Volodina

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A computational perspective on rapid reacquisition: Phenotype-specific effects of reinforcement history 快速再获取的计算视角：强化历史的表型特异性效应。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105278

John Michael Falligant , Shane H. Phillips , Michael P. Kranak , Bryan Klapes

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Midsession reversal learning performance in harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) 斑海豹（Phoca vitulina）课间翻转学习的表现。

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105261

Caroline Spratte , Jan Quanter , Tamara Heinrich, Frederike D. Hanke

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Effects of pre-session feeding, an abolishing operation, on resurgence in rats 闭会前饲喂对大鼠死灰复燃的影响

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Behavioural Processes Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-09-11 DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2025.105258

Amin D. Lotfizadeh , Julian C. Velasquez , Ryan Redner , Camilo Hurtado-Parrado , Carlos J. Flores , Alan Poling

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