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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2011 May 11;104(3):446–453. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2011.05.005

Table 1.

Behaviors scored in restraint tests and hawk tests. All behaviors were scored when performed by adult females unless otherwise specified.

Behavior Test Measure Definition
Struggle Restraint Duration Strain or pull against restraint and/or twist body in
restraint
Chew Restraint Duration Chew or gnaw at restraint, including padding or Velcro
straps.
Infant on Restraint,
Hawk
Duration Infant has all four limbs on mother’s body
Bristle strut Hawk Duration Arching posture and/or strut locomotion and/or general
piloerection
Scan above
cage
Hawk Frequency Look to top of cage and/or move head from
side to side to monitor top of cage
Flinch Hawk Frequency Flinch during presentation of hawk stimuli
Moan Restraint Frequency Moaning, crying or whining vocalization (usually
associated with struggling)
Infant ngä Restraint,
Hawk
Frequency Relatively low-pitched, atonal, infantile squeal by
infant