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Interference with retention induced by a single administration of electroconvulsive shock or Metrazol after one-trial training was demonstrated to be relatively permanent, Electroconvulsive shock administered approximately 75 sec after training and Metrazol administered 5 min after training resulted in retrograde amnesia which persisted undiminished in strength for 21 days.
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1. This research is based upon a thesis submitted by the author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the M.A. degree in psychology at Roosevelt University.
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Kincaid, J.P. Permanence of amnesia after single posttrial treatments of Metrazol or electroconvulsive shock. Psychon Sci 9, 59–60 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330758
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