The Dancing Mouse - A Study in Animal Behavior by Robert M. Yerkes
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BEHAVIOR: DANCE MOVEMENTS Dancing--Restlessness and excitability--Significance of restlessness-- Forms of dance: whirling, circling, and figure-eights--Direction of whirling and circling: right whirlers, left whirlers, and mixed whirlers-- Sex differences in dancing--Time and periodicity of dancing--Influence of light on activity--Necessity for prolonged observation of behavior. CHAPTER IV BEHAVIOR: EQUILIBRATION AND DIZZINESS Muscular coordination--Statements of Cyon and Zoth concerning behavior-- Control of movements, orientation, equilibration, movement on inclined surfaces, climbing--The tracks of the dancer--Absence of visual dizziness--Comparison of the behavior of the dancer with that of the common mouse when they are rotated in a cyclostat--Behavior of blinded dancers (Cyon, Alexander and Kreidl, Kishi)--Cyon's two types of dancer-- Phenomena of behavior for which structural bases are sought: dance movements; lack of response to sounds; deficiency in equilibrational ability; lack of visual and rotational dizziness. CHAPTER V STRUCTURAL PECULIARITIES AND BEHAVIOR The functions of the ear--Structure of the ear of the dancer as described |
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