Table 2.
Category and Specific Behaviors |
Measurement | Brief Descriptions |
---|---|---|
Object Manipulation | Duration | Use of hands or mouth to nonaggressively grab, hold, and explore the stimulus object |
Fearful | Cumulative Frequency | |
Freeze1 | Frequency | Rigid, motionless posture (except slight head movement) for at least 3 seconds in duration |
Crouch | Frequency | Whole body, or just front bent with head near floor |
Withdrawal | Frequency | Quick, jerky motion away from the stimulus object (jump back) |
Grimace | Frequency | Refracted lips, exposed clenched teeth |
Hostile | Cumulative Frequency | |
Threat bark | Frequency | Low pitch, high intensity, rasping, guttural |
Threat | Frequency | Any of the following: open mouth (no teeth exposed), head-bobbing, or ear flapping |
Cage aggression | Frequency | Vigorously slaps, shakes, or slams body against cage |
Lunge | Frequency | A quick, jerky movement toward the stimulus |
Coo vocalizations | Frequency | Clear soft pitch and intensity, sounds like “ooooh” |
Stereotypies | Cumulative Duration | |
Pacing | Duration | Repetitive motor pattern around the test cage |
Motor stereotypy | Duration | Repetitive, abnormal voluntary or involuntary motor patterns (e.g. swinging, twirling, flipping) |
Anxiety2 | Cumulative Frequency | |
Scratch | Frequency | Rapid scratch of body with hands or feet |
Body shake | Frequency | Shake of the whole body or just head and shoulders region |
Tooth grind1 | Frequency | Repetitive, audible rubbing of upper and lower teeth |
Yawn | Frequency | Open mouth widely, exposing teeth |
Affiliative2 | Cumulative Frequency | |
Grunt | Frequency | Deep, muffled, low intensity, almost gurgling sound |
Lipsmack | Frequency | Rapid movement of pursed lips, accompanied by a smacking sound |
Present | Frequency | Rigid posture (knees locked) with tail elevated and rump oriented toward the stimulus object |
List of all behaviors scored, how they are measured and a brief definition.
Behavior for which total duration was also measured.
Behavior that was primarily seen during Social Aversive Stimuli trials.