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A FORTY‐THREE DAY AVOIDANCE SESSION 1
Author(s) -
Ulrich Roger E.,
Brierton Gary R.,
Mabry John H.,
Stachnik Thomas J.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1965.8-157
Subject(s) - session (web analytics) , avoidance learning , shock (circulatory) , psychology , audiology , sleep (system call) , anesthesia , medicine , neuroscience , computer science , world wide web , operating system
A single Sprague‐Dawley rat was subjected to an extended discriminated avoidance session in effect continuously for over 1000 hr (43 days). The longest possible shock‐free interval that the subject could obtain without responding was 5 min. Since the subject did not sleep through shock, all resting or sleeping was interrupted at least once every 5 min by either a response or a shock. Neither the experimental (avoidance) animal nor a second animal which received all shocks not avoided by the first, gave any appearance of ill effects from the protracted session.