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Two experiments investigating the effect of insulin-induced hypoglycemia (lowered blood sugar level) on one-way active avoidance learning by rats are reported. The first study indicated that hypoglycemia resulted in significantly inferior avoidance acquisition. These results were replicated in the first phase of the second experiment. However, this acquisition deficit did not carry over to the second (retention) phase conducted 24 h later.
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Neideffer, J., Davis, S.F. & Travis-Neideffer, M.N. Active avoidance responding as a function of insulin-induced hypoglycemia. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 15, 324–326 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334547
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