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Chapters
- 00:00Title
- 01:08Introduction
- 01:34Socialization and Establishing Dominance
- 04:15Crayfish Responses to a Reflective Environment
- 06:06Crayfish Responses to Visual Stimuli From Another Crayfish
- 07:21Analysis of Crayfish Responses
- 09:08Analysis of Fights
- 10:04Representative Results
- 10:56Conclusion
We have developed two methods for studying effects of visual cues on behavior in the absence of tactile and chemical cues. One method involves videotaping responses of crayfish to reflective walls in an aquarium; the other examines effects of visual inputs provided by a live crayfish behind a transparent partition.
