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c and hamsters of both sexes using both the flinch-jump and spatial-preference techniques. In agreement with earlier work, female rats had lower thresholds in the flinch-jump test, but there was no sex difference when sensitivity was assessed by the spatial preference method. Hamsters displayed a different pattern of sex differences. Female hamsters had higher aversion thresholds in the spatial preference test, but there was no sex difference in the flinch-jump test.
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Beatty, W.W., Fessler, R.G. Sex differences in sensitivity to electric shock in rats and hamsters. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 10, 189–190 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329319
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