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Rats trained on an operant discrimination were subjected daily to a low level of lead contamination. Chronic contamination increased the variability of the discrimination behavior. Increased contamination produced an acute shift in the distribution of interresponse times.
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Shapiro, M.M., Tritschler, J.M. & Ulm, R.A. Lead contamination: Chronic and acute behavioral effects in the albino rat. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 94–96 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327727
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327727