Abstract
In an experiment attempting a detailed analysis of the habituation of aggression in blue male Siamese fighting fish, the fish viewed their mirror images for varying lengths of time, and then the duration of gill-cover erection was measured during a 60-sec presentation of a simplified model. Tests were separated by 24 h. Responsiveness was lower on the first day of testing than on any subsequent day. There was a peak of responsiveness to a blue model following 5-sec mirror exposure, with a decline in responsiveness after longer mirror exposures. Mirror exposure did not affect responsiveness to a green model. These results suggest that there are incremental and decremental effects of responding in this situation, both of which are stimulus-specific.
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