The Effect of Electroconvulsive Shock Following One-Trial Avoidance Learning in the Rat

It is hypothesized that (1) If rats are given electroconvulsive shock, following a footshock to condition an avoidance response, they will display initial retrograde amnesia and that this amnesia will diminish over time as manifested by recovery of the avoidance response; (2) This recovery is not a pure function of time but involves re-exposure to the original learning situation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science (MS)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Experimental Psychology

Year

1967

Author dc:creator

• Lovely, Richard H.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Thomas B. Collins, Jr.
• Marion D. Harless
• Gerald E. Gage

• Science
• Psychology
• Memory
• Psychophysiology
• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/717

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-1728