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Understanding equine stereotypies
Equine Veterinary Journal, 1999Summary It is frequently asserted that equine stereotypies, such as crib‐biting, wind‐sucking and weaving, are caused by boredom. However, this explanation is too general to be of practical use in discerning the causes of each stereotypy or in devising management practices to prevent their occurrence.
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Rhythmic Habit Patterns (Stereotypies)
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 1977SUMMARYRhythmic movements such as head‐rolling, head‐banging and body‐rocking are seen in normal children in early life, but much more commonly in the mentally handicapped. Emotional disturbance and boredom tend to increase the movements. Various theories have been advanced to account for these stereotyped patterns.
R, Mitchell, P, Etches
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Stereotypy and Intermittent Reinforcement
Science, 1961Three pigeons were trained to peck at a horizontally oriented rubber strip 10 in. long. The spatial distribution of responding along this strip is found to be nonrandom when every peck is reinforced with food. The degree of nonrandomness increases markedly when the pecking is intermittently reinforced.
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