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Three groups of rats received ac, half-wave (pulsating) dc, and full-wave (filtered) dc shock, respectively, in a shock-elicited aggression situation. Results indicated that half-wave dc shock produced significantly more aggressive responses than did the other two shock modalities.
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This research was sponsored, in part, by a Tower Fund research grant from Austin Peay State University to the rust author and a faculty research grant from Middle Tennessee State University to the last author.
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Davis, S.F., Tramill, J.L., Voorhees, J.W. et al. Shock-elicited aggression as a function of shock modality. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 9, 145–147 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336956
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