"Non-human animal suicide could be tested" by David Lester
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www.drdavidlester.net

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David M. Peña-Guzmán, Can nonhuman animals commit suicide?

Abstract

Schaefer (1967) showed that mice can discriminate live from dead mice and lethal from nonlethal environments, and that they avoid a lethal environment; but the experiment lacked some controls. This might be a way to test whether mice would ever choose a lethal environment. Humans may also choose a potentially lethal environment unconsciously.

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David Lester, Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stockton University, is a suicidologist and author of over 100 books and 2,500 papers on the subject.www.drdavidlester.net

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10.51291/2377-7478.1286

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