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After rats had incompletely learned a shuttle escape-avoidance task, response prevention procedures were introduced and animals were retested on the avoidance task after 0, 1, or 24 h. Female control animals, which did not receive response prevention, showed the U-shaped retention function characteristic of the “Kamin effect,” while response prevention disrupted avoidance performance under every condition. Male rats exhibited a much smaller effect with minimal recovery after 24 h. Results were discussed in terms of potential methodological and theoretical significance for the problem of residual fear.
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Reynierse, J.H., Klomp, L. & Bach, P.J. Effects of response prevention upon the “Kamin effect” in rats. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 3, 417–420 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333513
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