The Dancing Mouse by Robert M. Yerkes

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Dancers, occurrence among common mice,
varieties of,
hybrid,
Dancing,
forms of dance movement,
whirling, circling, figure-eights, manege movements, solo
dance, centre dance,
direction of,
periods of,
amount of,
causes of,
sex differences in,
individual differences in,
Darbishire, A. D., breeding experiments with dancers,
Deafness of dancer,
causes of,
Descent, lines of,
Development of young dancer,
Differences, individual,
sex,
Direction of movement, choice by,
Direction of whirling,
Discrimination, visual, box,
of brightness,
white-black and black-white,
of grays,
habits,
by odor,
by form,
method,
habit defined,
Diseases of dancer,
Dizziness,
visual,
rotational,
Docility,
Dog, albino,
training of,
fear of electric shock.

Ear, structure of,
structural types,
model of,
of rabbit,
functions of,
movements of,
Educability of dancer,
Education, human,
methods of,
of vision,
Efficiency of training,
Electric-box for visual tests,
Electric-labyrinth for habit experiments,
Electric-shock as punishment for mistakes,
Epidemic among dancers,
Equilibration in dancer,
Error curves,
form of,
Error records versus time records,
Errors, in labyrinths,
nature of,
types of,
value of,
number of,
Even numbers to designate males,
Excitability of dancer,
Experience, value of,
influence of,
Eyes, of dancer
opening of
retina of

Fear, in dancer
Females,
designated by odd numbers
dancing of
voice of
_See_ Sex
Fighting of dancers
Figure eight dance
Filters for obtaining colored light
Food of dancer
Form discrimination
Frog,
reactions of
repetition of act by
Functions of eye

Galton whistle
Gestation, period of, in dancer
Gray papers
Green blue tests
Green-red tests
Grouping for averages
Guaita, G von,
breeding experiments with dancers

Haacke, W,
description of dancer,
origin of dancer
breeding experiments
Habit,
of dancing,
discrimination,
useless
labyrinth,
duration of,
reacquisition of,
relations of,
Habit formation,
and the senses,
_versus_ habit performance,
in the dancer and in the common mouse,
curves of,
speed of
Habituation to sounds
Hacker, dancing shrews
Hair, appearance of
Hamilton, G V, experiments with dog
Hatai, S, the dancer
Head, shape of, in dancer
Hearing,
in dancer
in young
in adult
methods of testing,
in frog
Hefner unit of light
Heredity
_See_ Inheritance
Hering, E, colored papers
History,
of dancer
of acts
Hunger as motive in experiments
Hybrid dancers

Imitation in dancer
Index of modifiability
Individuality
Inheritance
Inhibition of an act
Initiative of dancer
Insight of dancer
Intelligence,
measures of,
comparisons
Interrupted circuit for experimental use
Irregular labyrinths

Janssen-Hoffman spectroscope
Japan, dancers in
Judgment in dancer

Kammerer, P, dancing wood mice,
Kishi, K,
dancer in Japan
origin of race,
equilibration,
blinded dancer,
structure of ear,
wax in ears,
tests of hearing
Koenig tuning forks,
steel bars
Kreidl, A
_See_ Alexander

Labyrinth,
forms of,
labyrinth A,
errors in,
tests,
labyrinth B,
tests,
labyrinth C,
labyrinth D,
a standard labyrinth,
regular and irregular labyrinths
Labyrinth errors and individual tendencies
Labyrinth habits,
Labyrinth method,
Labyrinth path, formula,
method of recording,
Ladder climbing tests,
Landois, H, account of dancer,
Lathrop, A, dancers,
Learning, process,
methods of in dancer,
by being put through act,
by imitation,
by rote,
rapidity of,
permanency of,
learning and relearning,
curves of,
Left whirlers,
Life span of dancer,
Light, reflected,
transmitted, unit of measurement,
control of,
Litter, size of, in dancer,
Lummer-Brodhun photometer.

Males, dancing of,
fighting and killing young, designation of,
voice of, _See_ Sex
Manege movements,
Mark, E L, cages,
Maze _See_ Labyrinth
Measurements, of light,
of rapidity of habit formation,
of intelligence,
of efficiency of training,
Memory, defined,
for ladder climbing,
tests of,
measurements of,
span of,
for brightness,
for color,
Method, of studying dance,
for testing hearing,
indirect,
for testing vision,
motives,
for brightness vision,
for color vision,
of shifting filters,
of testing form discrimination,
of testing Weber's law,
development of methods,
of choice,
food box,
labyrinth,
of recording errors,
of training
problem method, labyrinth method, discrimination method,
of recording labyrinth path,
qualitative versus quantitative,
of studying senses,
values of methods,
of measuring intelligence,
quantitative,
comparisons of,
Milne-Edwards, origin of dancer,
Mitsukun, K, the dancer in Japan,
Mixed whirlers,
Modifiability, of behavior,
of useless acts,
index of,
Motives, for activity,
for choice,
avoidance of discomfort,
in labyrinths,
desire to escape, to get food, to avoid pain,
Motor, tendencies,
ability,
capacity
Movements,
of ears,
_Mus musculus L_,
_Mus spiciosus L_,
_Mus sylvaticus L_.

_Nankin nesumi_, name for dancer,
Negation, choice by,
Nendel, R, gray papers,
Nerve, eighth,
Nervous system,
Nest materials,
Noises, effects of,
Numbers, odd for females, even for males,
reference, _See_ Bibliographic List.

Odors, discrimination by,
Old Fancier's description of dancer,
Olfactory sense _See_ Smell
Orange-blue tests,
Orientation of dancer,
Origin of dancer;
by selectional breeding;
by inheritance of an acquired character;
by mutation;
by pathological changes;
by natural selection.

Panse, R.,
structure of ear;
explanation of deafness.
Papers, Nendel's grays;
Bradley's colored;
Hering's colored.
Parker, G. H.
Path in labyrinth, record of.
Pathological condition of dancer.
Pedagogy, comparative.
Perception,
of brightness;
of color;
of movement;
of form.
Peru, dancers in.
Petromyzon, semicircular canals of.
Photometer, Lummer-Brodhun.
Plasticity of dancer;
curves of.
Position choice by,
of cardboards.
Preference for brightness,
tests of.
Preliminary tests.
Probable error.
Problems, of structure;
of method.
Punishment versus reward.
Putting-through, training by.

Qualitative methods.
Quantitative methods.

Rabbit, ear of.
Rawitz, B., behavior of dancer;
structure of ear;
deafness of dancer;
hearing in young.
Ray filters.
Reactions, to sounds;
to disagreeable stimuli;
valueless.
Reasoning, implicit.
Reconstruction method.
Records, of markings of dancers;
of time;
of errors;
of path.
Red, stimulating value of;
vision.
Reference numbers to literature.
_See_ Literature on Dancer.
Reflected light.
Refrangibility and vision of dancer.
Regular labyrinth.
Re-learning, relation to learning;
curves of.
Reliability of averages.
Repetition of useless acts.
Rest-interval.
Restlessness, of dancer;
cause of.
Retina of dancer.
Retzius, ear of rabbit.
Reward, for performance of act;
versus punishment.
Right whirlers;
behavior in labyrinth;
occurrence of;
inheritance of tendency.
Rods of retina.
Rotational dizziness.
Rubber stamps of labyrinths.

Saint-Loup, R.
Schlumberger, C.;
wood carving with dancers.
Selenka, ear of rabbit.
Semicircular canals.
Sense organs.
Senses, and habit formation;
differences in.
Sensitiveness
Sex, recognition of, designation
of, peculiarities
Shellac to coat cards
Shrews, dancing
Sight, role of, _See_ Vision,
Brightness Vision, and Color Vision
Smell sense of, in labyrinth habits
Sniffing by dancer
Solutions as ray filters
_Sorex vulgaris L_
Sound, reactions to
Space perception
Spectroscope
Spectrum, stimulating value of
Standard, candle, light,
labyrinth
Stine, W M, photometrical measurements
Strength of dancer
Structure, of brain,
of ear, of eye
Swinhoe, mice in China

Temperament of animal
Temperature sense
Tests, visual, number of,
per day,
Threshold of discrimination
Time records
Touch, and labyrinth habits
Training conditions of, Weber's
law, methods of,
and retraining, in labyrinths,
efficiency of, two test,
ten-test, twenty-test,
continuous, relation to
methods, spread of
Transmitted light.

Variability of dancer,
Variable light.
Varieties of dancer
Violet red tests
Vision, brightness
vision, color vision,
training of, importance
of, conclusions concerning
Visual dizziness
Voice of dancer

Watson, J B, habit formation
Waugh, K, color vision apparatus,
retina of mouse
Wax, plugs of, in ear of mouse
Weber's law, tests of, apparatus
Weldon, W F R, breeding experiments,
Whirling of dancer

Yellow Red tests
Young dancers, killing of, by male,
description of, development
of, hearing of, intelligence
of, size of

Zoth, O, origin of dancer, size
of young mice, the senses of
dancer, behavior, dancing,
equilibration, climbing
dancers, individual differences,
tests of hearing,
vision

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