Rewarding vs Aversive Intracranial Stimulation Administered during Flooding (Response Prevention) in Rats

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ID13648214
AuthorsMorrie Baum (Université de Moncton, corresponding author), Robert Leclerc (Université de Moncton), Jacques Laurent (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke), Jacques St-Laurent (Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Université de Sherbrooke)
Year1973
Volume32
Issue2
Pages551-558
Publication date1973-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1973.32.2.551
OpenAlexW2108757730
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited16

3 groups of hooded rats were given daily cycles of avoidance-training-flooding-extinction for 4 consecutive days. Flooding or response prevention consisted of thwarting the learned avoidance response while forcing S to remain in the feared situation. On some days, one group received pulsing rewarding brain stimulation during flooding, while a second group received aversive intracranial stimulation (ICS). A third group also had implanted electrodes but never received any ICS during flooding. The results indicated that rewarding ICS increased the efficacy of flooding in producing cessation of avoidance-responding in extinction. Aversive ICS similarly administered had no significant effect (relative to the control group). Theoretical implications were discussed

Anesthesia · Aversive Stimulus · Avoidance response · Brain stimulation · Electrical brain stimulation · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Flooding (psychology · Psychotherapist · Stimulation · Chemistry · Functional Brain Connectivity Studies · Medicine · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Psychology

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