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AN OBJECTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR RECORDING SHOCK‐INDUCED AGGRESSION IN UNRESTRAINED PAIRS OF RATS 1
Author(s) -
Selekman Warren,
Meehan Edward
Publication year - 1974
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.1974.21-177
Subject(s) - shock (circulatory) , aggression , physics , conical surface , psychology , communication , anatomy , biology , medicine , mathematics , developmental psychology , geometry
Pairs of rats received grid shock in a conical enclosure. Each shock elicited the stereotyped fighting posture. An omnidirectional pole, which was always between the rats, was accidentally operated whenever the rats fought. The number of pole hits, and the number of observed fight bouts, increased with current intensity. The number of pole hits served as a reliable and objective measure of shock‐induced fighting in rats.