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Rats with septal lesions and control rats were run on a Sidman avoidance procedure until performance was stable. Each avoidance response was then punished by an electric shock of the same intensity but of shorter duration than the shocks delivered by the avoidance program. No difference was observed between the septal and control group in the effect of punishment on overall response rate. However, introduction of punishment seriously disrupted the temporal distribution of the avoidance responses of both the septal and the control groups, and only the performance of the septal group recovered from this disruptive effect of punishment.
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Sodetz, F.J., Koppell, S. Punishment of free-operant avoidance responding in rats with septal lesions. Psychon Sci 28, 289–292 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328743
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