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Skin resistance of rats who urinated during exposure to a novel environment was lower than that of rats who never urinated in the environment. The utility of the technique used for recording skin resistance in unrestrained animals may be limited by a measurement artifact resulting from urination on the grid floor electrodes of the test chamber.
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Walters, G., Tullis, C. Recording of skin resistance in the unrestrained rat: A possible measurement artifact. Psychon Sci 9, 27–28 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330742
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