Heart Rate: Changes during Conditioned Suppression in Rats

Heart rate of rats was recorded in the Estes-Skinner conditioned emotional response situation. Response to the conditioned stimulus was a decrease in rate. The change in heart rate was conditioned more slowly than suppression of bar-pressing; it was of shorter duration and was more variable than sup...

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Published in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1966-06, Vol.152 (3727), p.1404-1406
Main Authors: de Toledo, Leyla, Black, A. H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Behavior, Animal
Conditioning (Psychology)
Data acquisition
Educational conditioning
Electric Stimulation
Electroshock
Food access
Heart Rate
Male
Noise
Rats
Research grants
White noise
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Summary:Heart rate of rats was recorded in the Estes-Skinner conditioned emotional response situation. Response to the conditioned stimulus was a decrease in rate. The change in heart rate was conditioned more slowly than suppression of bar-pressing; it was of shorter duration and was more variable than suppression.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.152.3727.1404