Scanning Behavior of Rats During Eating Under Stressful Noise
Behavioral ecological theories postulate that threatening environments should increase eating speed and vigilance during feeding. In the present experiment, eating speed and scanning behavior during eating were measured in 36 rats in 5 consecutive test sessions under stressful noise (95 dB white noise, n = 18) and control conditions (60 dB, n = 18) after […]
Sensory basis of vigilance behavior in birds: Synthesis and future prospects
Birds gather visual information through scanning behavior to make decisions relevant for survival (e.g., detecting predators and finding food). The goal of this study was (a) to review some visual properties involved in scanning behavior (retinal specialization for visual resolution and motion detection, visual acuity, and size of the blind area), and (b) hypothesize how […]