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The effects of RNA on retention were assessed by first exposing Ss to a one-trial avoidance learning situation, followed by ECS. The response measured was water consumption. The results showed that ECS seems to cause greater memory impairment in RNA-treated animals than in saline controls. Pseudo-ECS control animals showed the procedure to be an efficient measure of retention.
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Beaulieu, C. The effect of RNA on experimentally induced memory impairment. Psychon Sci 6, 339–340 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330926
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