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Ten septal rats were compared with 10 normal controls on the acquisition and massed extinction of a conditioned avoidance response (CAR) in a two-way shuttlebox. The two groups did not differ during the acquisition phase of the experiment, however, eight of the normal Ss reached extinction criterion within the first extinction session, whereas nine of the septal Ss did not extinguish within six extinction sessions.
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La Vaque, T.J. Conditioned avoidance response perseveration in septal rats during massed extinction trials. Psychon Sci 5, 409–410 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331022
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