Instrumental conditioning of choice behavior in male Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens)

• Published in: Behavioural processes Vol. 63; no. 3; pp. 171 - 175
• Main Authors: Craft, Baine B., Velkey, Andrew J., Szalda-Petree, Allen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier B.V 31.07.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Agnatha and pisces; Animal; Animal ethology; Betta splendens; Biological and medical sciences; Choice behavior; Conditioning; Conspecific; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Instrumental conditioning; Learning. Memory; Mirror; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Vertebrata; Instrumental conditioning; Betta splendens; Choice behavior; Conspecific; Mirror; Social preference; Choice; Intraspecific relation; Experimental study; Learning; Aquatic environment; Vertebrata; Acquisition process; Social interaction; Pisces; Animal

Despite the differences in the response of male Betta splendens toward various stimuli, no research has attempted to determine the preference for a live conspecific versus a mirror presentation. A submerged T-maze was used to present both stimuli to healthy male B. splendens ( N=16). The results ind...