The effect of electroconvulsive shock on fixated behavior in the rat. II. The effect of ECS supplemented by guidance.

The effect of electroconvulsive shock on fixated behavior of the rat: III. The effect of ECS as a function of the duration of conflict.

“…Following this, all rats were given a solvable discrimination problem and were forced to jump to the correct window on every other trial by placing a Plexiglas window alongside the rat. Practically all rats learned to respond to the positive window during the unforced trials, but when comparisons were made between the shocked and nonshocked animals in respect to the breaking scores 4 for the conflict-induced stereotype or the learning score for the solvable problem, again no differences were found.…”