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Rats learned to avoid a place where they received grid shock to their feet when the grid shock was followed 10 sec. later by electroconvulsive shock. The avoidance learning was significantly greater than for rats that received only grid shock or only electroconvulsive shock.
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Data herein were reported at the Midwestern Psychological Association meeting, St. Louis, 1964.
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Casseday, J.H. Retroactive facilitative effects of ECS on learning an avoidance response in a two-choice situation. Psychon Sci 4, 19–20 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342153
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