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A RECENT communication by Delius1 calls for some comment. Delius regards displacement behaviour as essentially made up of actions which are related to going to sleep. He therefore interprets displacement behaviour as a homeostatic mechanism in which “de-arousal” actions are called into play to counteract the excessive arousal occasioned by the conflict or thwarting situation to which the animal is exposed.
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EWER, R. Displacement and De-arousal. Nature 216, 686 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216686a0
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