Comparison of 60‐Hz electric fields and incandescent light as aversive stimuli controlling the behavior of rats
作者:
Sander Stern,
Victor G. Laties,
期刊:
Bioelectromagnetics
(WILEY Available online 1989)
卷期:
Volume 10,
issue 1
页码: 99-109
ISSN:0197-8462
年代: 1989
DOI:10.1002/bem.2250100110
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: electric fields;60‐Hz;aversive behavior
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractRats were exposed to two procedures which enabled them to press a lever to turn off a 90 or 100 kV/m 60‐Hz electric field or, later in the study, illumination from an incandescent lamp. Under one procedure, a response turned off the stimulus for a fixed duration, after which the stimulus was turned on again. A response during the off‐period restarted the fixed duration. None of the rats turned the field off reliably. Next, under an alternative procedure, pressing one lever turned the field off; pressing the other lever turned it back on; responding under those conditions differed little from that seen at 0 kV/m. Under both procedures, when illumination from an incandescent lamp served as the stimulus, each rat did turn the stimulus off, and performances varied with stimulus intensity. The results show that a 100 kV/m 60‐Hz electric field is not sufficient to function as an aversive stimulus under two procedures where illumination from a lamp does function as an aversive sti
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