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ELECTRIC SHOCK PRODUCED DRINKING IN THE SQUIRREL MONKEY
Author(s) -
Hutchinson R. R.,
Emley G. S.
Publication year - 1977
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.1977.28-1
Subject(s) - licking , biting , lever , electric shock , food delivery , shock (circulatory) , aggression , stimulus (psychology) , squirrel monkey , toxicology , anesthesia , psychology , medicine , developmental psychology , biology , pharmacology , ecology , neuroscience , engineering , cognitive psychology , business , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , marketing
Squirrel monkeys were periodically exposed to brief electric tail shocks in a test environment containing a rubber hose, response lever, and a water spout. Shock delivery produced preshock lever pressing and postshock hose biting. Additionally, all subjects displayed licking responses following postshock biting‐attack episodes. Further experiments showed that licking was: (1) influenced by hours of water deprivation; (2) drinking behavior; (3) the direct result of shock delivery; and (4) developed spontaneously in naive subjects with or without opportunities for hose biting or lever pressing. Removing the opportunity to attack increased postshock drinking. A noxious environmental stimulus that causes aggression can also produce drinking.