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Robinson, S.R., & Kleven, G.A. (in press). Prenatal development of motor activity in altricial and precocial rodents. Journal of Comparative Psychology.
Kleven, G.A., & Robinson, S.R. (in press). Prenatal development of interlimb movement synchrony in altricial and precocial rodents. Journal of Comparative Psychology.
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Robinson, S.R. (2005). Conjugate limb coordination after experience with an interlimb yoke: Evidence for motor learning in the rat fetus. Developmental Psychobiology, 47, 328-344.
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Robinson, S.R., & Kleven, G.A. (2005). Learning to move before birth. In B. Hopkins & S. P. Johnson (Eds.), Prenatal development of postnatal functions (pp. 131-175). (Advances in Infancy Research series.) Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers.
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Robinson, S.R. (2005). Behavioral embryology. In B. Hopkins (Ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (pp. 469-473). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Robinson, S.R., & Brumley, M.R. (2005). Prenatal behavior. In I.Q. Whishaw & B. Kolb (Eds.), The Behaviour of the Laboratory Rat: A Handbook with Tests, (pp. 257-265). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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Kleven, G.A., Queral, L., & Robinson, S.R. (2004). Prenatal methylazoxymethanol (MAM) exposure alters evoked responses in fetal rats. Neurotoxicology & Teratology, 26, 663-671.
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Kleven, G.A., Lane, M.S., & Robinson, S.R. (2004). Development of interlimb movement synchrony in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 118, 833-844.
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Brumley, M., & Robinson, S.R. (2004).Facial wiping in the rat fetus: Variation of chemosensory stimulus parameters. Developmental Psychobiology, 44, 219-229.
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Robinson, S.R., Blumberg, M.S., Lane, M.S., & Kreber, L.A. (2000). Spontaneous motor activity in fetal and infant rats is organized into discrete multilimb bouts. Behavioral Neuroscience, 114, 328-336.
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Smotherman, W.P., & Robinson, S.R. (1998). Prenatal ontogeny of sensory responsiveness and learning. In G. Greenberg & M. Haraway (Eds.), Comparative Psychology: A Handbook (pp. 586-601). New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.
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Korthank, A. J., & Robinson, S.R. (1998). Effects of amniotic fluid on opioid activity and fetal sensory responsiveness. Developmental Psychobiology, 33, 235-248.
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Anderson, C. M., Mandell, A. J., Selz, K. A., Terry, L. M., Wong, C. H., Robinson, S.R., Robertson, S. S., & Smotherman, W. P. (1998). The development of nuchal atonia associated with active (REM) sleep in fetal sheep: Presence of recurrent fractal organization. Brain Research, 787, 351-357.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1997). Stimulus contingencies that permit classical conditioning of opioid activity in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 111, 1086-1097.
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Robertson, S. S., Johnson, S. L., Bacher, L. F., Wood, J. R., Wong, C. H., Robinson, S.R., Smotherman W. P., & Nathanielsz, P. W. (1996). Contractile activity of the uterus prior to labor alters the temporal organization of spontaneous motor activity in the fetal sheep. Developmental Psychobiology, 29, 667-683.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1996). The development of behavior before birth. Developmental Psychology, 32, 425-434.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W.P. (1995). Habituation and classical conditioning in the rat fetus: Opioid involvements. In J.-P. Lecanuet, N. A. Krasnegor, W. P. Fifer, & W. P. Smotherman (Eds.), Fetal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective (pp. 295-314). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
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Smotherman, W.P., & Robinson, S.R. (1995). Tracing developmental trajectories into the prenatal period. In J.-P. Lecanuet, N. A. Krasnegor, W. P. Fifer, & W. P. Smotherman (Eds.), Fetal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective (pp. 15-32). New York: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.
Robinson, S.R. (1995). Dynamical systems: A grammar for discussing process in ontogeny? Developmental Psychobiology, 28, 414.
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Robinson, S.R., Wong, C. H., Robertson, S. S., Nathanielsz, P. W., & Smotherman, W. P. (1995). Behavioral responses of the chronically-instrumented sheep fetus to chemosensory stimuli presented in utero. Behavioral Neuroscience, 109, 551-562.
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Robinson, S.R., Hoeltzel, T. C. M., & Smotherman, W. P. (1995). Development of responses to an artificial nipple in the rat fetus: involvement of mu and kappa opioid systems. Physiology & Behavior, 57, 953-957.
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Varlinskaya, E. I., Petrov, E. S., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1995). Asymmetrical development of the dopamine system in the fetal rat indicated by intrahemispheric injection of SKF-38393 and SCH-23390. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 50, 359-367.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1995). Dopamine D1 and D2 effects on fetal mouthing responses to milk. Physiology & Behavior, 57, 15-19.
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Simonik, D. K., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Central administration of cocaine produces age-dependent effects on behavior in the fetal rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 1179-1187.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Behavioral effects of milk in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 1139-1149.
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Simonik, D. K., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Cocaine alters cyclic motor activity in the fetal rat. Developmental Psychobiology, 27, 489-502.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1994). Classical conditioning of opioid activity in the fetal rat. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 951-961.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1994). Caveats in the study of perinatal behavioral development. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,18, 347-354.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1994). Milk as the proximal mechanism for behavioral change in the newborn. Acta Pædiatrica Supplement, 397, 64-70.
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Browne, J. B., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Fetal experience with milk or an artificial nipple alters appetitive and aversive responses to perioral cutaneous stimuli. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 606-613.
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Petrov, E. S., Varlinskaya, E. I., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Kappa opioid effects on fetal behavior: Central administration of U50,488. Physiology & Behavior, 56, 175-182.
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Varlinskaya, E. I., Petrov, E. S., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Intracisternal administration of SKF-38393 and SCH-23390: behavioral effects in the rat fetus. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 48, 741-748.
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Varlinskaya, E. I., Petrov, E. S., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1994). Behavioral effects of centrally administered arginine vasopressin in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 108, 395-409.
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Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., Varlinskaya, E. I., Petrov, E. S., Orlowski, M., de Costa, B. R., & Rice, K. C. (1994). Central administration of the endopeptidase inhibitor cFP-AAF-pAB suggests dynorphin as the endogenous ligand underlying behavioral effects of milk in the fetal rat. Pharmacology Biochemistry & Behavior, 47, 715-719.
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Arnold, H. M., Robinson, S.R., Spear, N. E., & Smotherman, W. P. (1993). Conditioned opioid activity in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 107, 963-969.
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Simonik, D. K., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1993). Cocaine alters behavior in the rat fetus. Behavioral Neuroscience, 107, 867-875.
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Robinson, S.R., Arnold, H. M., Spear, N. E., & Smotherman, W. P. (1993). Experience with milk and an artificial nipple promotes conditioned opioid activity in the rat fetus. Developmental Psychobiology, 26, 375-387.
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Andersen, S. L., Umphress, S. M., Robinson, S.R., Smotherman, W. P., Ward, K. M., & Kehoe, P. (1993). Modulation of dopamine binding in the fetal rat: Effects of milk and exogenous opioid manipulation. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 46, 377-381.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1993). Habituation to chemosensory stimuli in the rat fetus: Effects of endogenous kappa opioid activity. Behavioral Neuroscience, 107, 611-617.
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Smotherman, W. P., Arnold, H. M., & Robinson, S.R. (1993). Responses to ecologically relevant stimuli in the rat fetus: Interactive effects of milk and an artificial nipple. Developmental Psychobiology, 26, 359-374.
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Andersen, S.L., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W.P. (1993). Ontogeny of the stretch response in the rat fetus: Kappa opioid involvement. Behavioral Neuroscience, 107, 370-376.
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Smotherman, W. P., Simonik, D. K., Andersen , S. L., & Robinson, S.R. (1993). Mu and kappa opioid systems modulate responses to cutaneous perioral stimulation in the fetal rat. Physiology & Behavior, 53, 751-756.
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Moody, C. A., Robinson, S.R., Spear, L. P., & Smotherman, W. P. (1993). Fetal behavior and the dopamine system: Activity effects of D1 and D2 receptor manipulations. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behavior, 44, 843-850.
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Robinson, S.R., Moody, C. A., Spear, L. P., & Smotherman, W. P. (1993). Effects of dopamine and kappa opioid receptors on fetal responsiveness to perioral stimuli. Developmental Psychobiology, 26, 37-50.
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Smotherman, W. P., Moody, C. A., Spear, L. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1993). Fetal behavior and the endogenous opioid system: D1 dopamine receptor interactions with the kappa opioid system. Physiology & Behavior, 53, 191-197.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W.P. (1992). The emergence of behavioral regulation during fetal development. In G. Turkewitz (Ed.), Developmental Psychobiology. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 662, pp. 53-83.
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Robinson, S.R., Hoeltzel, T. C. M., Cooke, K. M., Umphress, S. M., Murrish, D. E., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Oral capture and grasping of an artificial nipple by rat fetuses. Developmental Psychobiology, 25, 543-555.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Fundamental motor patterns of the mammalian fetus. Journal of Neurobiology, 23, 1574-1600.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Opioid control of the fetal stretch response: implications for the first suckling episode. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 866-873.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Dimethyl disulfide mimics the effects of milk on fetal behavior and responsiveness to cutaneous stimuli. Physiology & Behavior, 52, 761-765.
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Andersen, S. L., Gazzara, R. A., Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Effect of milk on dopamine release in the newborn rat: an in vivo microdialysis study. Developmental Brain Research, 68, 286-288.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Prenatal experience with milk: fetal behavior and endogenous opioid systems. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 16, 351-364.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Motor competition in the prenatal ontogeny of species-typical behavior. Animal Behaviour, 44, 89-99.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Fetal heart rate response to milk predicts expression of the stretch response. Physiology & Behavior, 51, 833-837.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Kappa opioid mediation of fetal responses to milk. Behavioral Neuroscience, 106, 396-407.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1992). Habituation in the rat fetus. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 44B, 215-230.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Behavioral response of altricial and precocial rodent fetuses to acute umbilical cord compression. Behavioral and Neural Biology, 57, 93-102.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1992). Organization of the stretch response to milk in the rat fetus. Developmental Psychobiology, 25, 33-49.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W.P. (1991). Fetal learning: Implications for the development of kin recognition. In P. G. Hepper (Ed.), Kin Recognition (pp. 308-334). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1991). Accessibility of the rat fetus for psychobiological investigation. In H. N. Shair, M. A. Hofer & G. Barr (Eds.), Developmental Psychobiology: New Methods and Changing Concepts (pp. 148-164). New York: Oxford University Press.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1991). The amniotic sac as scaffolding: Prenatal ontogeny of an action pattern. Developmental Psychobiology, 24, 463-485.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1991). Conditioned activation of fetal behavior. Physiology & Behavior, 50, 73-77.
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Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., Hepper, P. G., Ronca, A. E., & Alberts, J. R. (1991). Heart rate response of the rat fetus and neonate to a chemosensory stimulus. Physiology & Behavior, 50, 47-52.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1990). Olfactory bulb transection alters fetal behavior after chemosensory but not tactile stimulation. Developmental Brain Research, 57, 175-180.
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Kashinsky, W. M., Rozboril, L. W., Robinson, S.R. & Smotherman, W. P. (1990). An inexpensive rotary infusion pump for delivering microliter volumes of fluids to animal subjects. Physiology & Behavior, 47, 1279-1281.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1990). Rat fetuses respond to chemical stimuli in gas phase. Physiology & Behavior, 47, 863-868.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1990). The prenatal origins of behavioral organization. Psychological Science, 1, 97-106.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1989). Cryptopsychobiology: the appearance, disappearance and reappearance of a species-typical action pattern during early development. Behavioral Neuroscience, 103, 246-253.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1989). The conditioned response: More than a knee-jerk in the ontogeny of behavior. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 12, 159.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (Eds.). (1988). Behavior of the Fetus. Caldwell, NJ: Telford Press. 231 pgs. (Table of contents & Preface)
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1988). Chance and chunks in the ontogeny of fetal behavior. In W. P. Smotherman & S. R. Robinson (Eds.), Behavior of the Fetus (pp. 95-115). Caldwell, NJ: Telford Press.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1988). Dimensions of fetal investigation. In W. P. Smotherman & S. R. Robinson (Eds.), Behavior of the Fetus (pp. 19-34). Caldwell, NJ: Telford Press.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1988). The uterus as environment: The ecology of fetal behavior. In E. M. Blass (Ed.), Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol. 9, Developmental Psychobiology and Behavioral Ecology (pp. 149-196). New York: Plenum.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1988). Response of the rat fetus to acute umbilical cord occlusion: An ontogenetic adaptation? Physiology & Behavior, 44, 131-135.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1988). Fetal expression of the leg extension response to anogenital stimulation. Physiology & Behavior, 43, 243-244.
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Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., & Robertson, S. S. (1988). Cyclic motor activity in the fetal rat (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 102, 78-82.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1988). Behavior of rat fetuses following chemical or tactile stimulation. Behavioral Neuroscience, 102, 24-34.
 
Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1987). Psychobiology of fetal experience in the rat. In N. A. Krasnegor, E. M. Blass, M. A. Hofer & W. P. Smotherman (Eds.), Perinatal Development: A Psychobiological Perspective (pp. 39-60). Orlando: Academic Press.
 
Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1987). Stereotypic behavioral response of rat fetuses to acute hypoxia is altered by maternal alcohol consumption. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 157, 982-986.
 
Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., La Vallee, P. A., & Hennessy, M. B. (1987). Influences of the early olfactory environment on the survival, behavior and pituitary-adrenal activity of Caesarean delivered preterm rat pups. Developmental Psychobiology, 20, 415-423.
 
Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1987). Prenatal influences on development: Behavior is not a trivial aspect of prenatal life. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 8, 171-176.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1987). Prenatal expression of species-typical action patterns in the rat fetus (Rattus norvegicus). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 101, 190-196.
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Robinson, S.R., & Smotherman, W. P. (1987). Environmental determinants of behaviour in the rat fetus. II. The emergence of synchronous movement. Animal Behaviour, 35, 1652-1662.
 
Smotherman, W. P., Woodruff, K. S., Robinson, S.R., del Real, C., Barron, S., & Riley, E. P. (1986). Spontaneous fetal behavior after maternal exposure to ethanol. Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior, 24, 165-170.
 
Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., & Miller, B. J. (1986). A reversible preparation for observing the behavior of fetal rats in utero: Spinal anesthesia with lidocaine. Physiology & Behavior, 37, 57-60.
 
Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1986). Environmental determinants of behaviour in the rat fetus. Animal Behaviour, 34, 1859-1873.
 
Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1986). A method for endoscopic visualization of rat fetuses in situ. Physiology & Behavior, 37, 663-665.
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Smotherman, W. P., & Robinson, S.R. (1985). The rat fetus in its environment: Behavioral adjustments to novel, familiar, aversive, and conditioned stimuli presented in utero. Behavioral Neuroscience, 99, 521-530.
 
Smotherman, W. P., Richards, L. S., & Robinson, S.R. (1984). Techniques for observing fetal behavior in utero: A comparison of chemomyelotomy and spinal transection. Developmental Psychobiology, 17, 661-674.
 
Eltzroth, E. K., & Robinson, S.R. (1984). Violet-green Swallows help Western Bluebirds at the nest. Journal of Field Ornithology, 55, 259-261.
 
Smotherman, W. P., Robinson, S.R., & Babine, A. M. (1983). Instructor's Manual to Accompany Hassett: Psychology in Perspective. New York: Harper & Row. 171 pgs.
 
Robinson, S.R. (1982). Of ground squirrels and predators. Pacific Discovery, 35(4), 22-27.
 
Robinson, S.R. (1981). Head-scratching and yawning in Black Skimmers. Journal of Field Ornithology, 52, 59-60.
 
Robinson, S.R. (1981). Alarm communication in Belding's ground squirrels. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, 56, 150-168.
 
Robinson, S.R. (1980). Antipredator behaviour and predator recognition in Belding's ground squirrels. Animal Behaviour, 28, 840-852.