Abstract
Rats housed alone or with another rat were either given individual preexposure to an open-field testing situation or not. Rats were then observed in pairs for 8 days, and measures were taken of social attraction. As in previous studies, familiarity with the open field, whether achieved through individual preexposure or continued testing in pairs, strongly increased social attraction for socially deprived animals. Double-housed animals, however, as predicted, showed little effect of familiarity. In a familiar open field, single-housed rats were much more affiliative than socially satiated rats. Measures of emotionality suggest that greater responsiveness of isolated rats both to their environment and to their partner, not fear, is responsible for the pattern of results.
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