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The nest-building behavior of four strains of inbred male mice was studied under three levels of temperature. The amount of cotton used in nest building was found to be a negative function of temperature. Although this relation was observed in all four strains, there were strain differences in the absolute level of nest-building behavior and in the degree of sensitivity to temperature changes.
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Supported in part by NSF-University Science Development Program Grant No. 1598 and NSF Grant GB-14990x awarded to A. Amsel.
The assitance of Frank Novier and Daniel Estep in collecting the data is acknowledged.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03329058.
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Lee, CT., Wong, P.T.P. Temperature effect and strain differences in the nest-building behavior of inbred mice. Psychon Sci 20, 9–10 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335572
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