Year: 1962
Type: article
Abstract: When footshock is delivered to a rat or monkey, the subject occasionally learns to avoid the footshock by lying on its back rather than by executing the desired response of press- ing a lever. The hair on the subject's back reduces or eliminates the receipt of the elec- tric shock. We have found a depilatory sub-stance (Nair, manufactured by Carter Prod- ucts, Inc., Cranbury, New Jersey) completely effective in eliminating this undesirable re- sponse. The substance removed the hair more completely and conveniently than shaving, and it has not produced any noticeable irri- tation.
Authors: R. E. Ulrich, N. H. Azrin
Institution: Illinois Wesleyan University
Language: English
Topic: Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2018785656