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Postlearning tests were conducted on the 1st or 30th and 31st days after a single discriminated avoidance trial. Although significant effects on choice latency produced by ECS were not observed on the day after training, statistically reliable ECS-produced reductions in choice latency were apparent on the 30th and 31st days after learning. No statistically significant effects of ECS on discrimination or defecation rates were observed on any postlearning test.
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This study was adapted in part from a dissertation submitted by the author to the School of Graduate Studies of Queen’s University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the PhD degree. This research was supported by Grant APA-244 from the National Research Council of Canada and by Grant 161 from the Ontario Mental Health Foundation. I thank Dr. M. D. Suboski for guidance and support and Mr. Manuel Black for assistance.
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Spevackt, A.A. The permanence of ECS effects in a one-trial discriminated avoidance paradigm. Psychon Sci 28, 41–43 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328655
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