The relationship between incubation and ECS gradient effects
Psychonomic SciencePublished 1 March 1966Open access
John P. J. Pinel, R. M. Cooper
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Abstract
Three groups of rats received electroconvulsive shock (ECS) 10 sec., 2 min., or 5 hr. after one-trial avoidance training. These Ss as well as additional no-ECS control Ss were tested for retention 25 hr. afterward. Three more groups received one-trial avoidance training followed by a test of retention 10 sec., 2 min., or 5 hr. later. Both the ECS gradient effect and the incubation effect were demonstrated. The close relationship between the two functions suggested a new interpretation of the ECS gradient effect.
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MedicineNeuroscience
Psychonomic ScienceIncubation and its implications for the interpretation of the ECS gradient effect
34 Citations1966John P. J. Pinel, R. M. Cooper