Reconciling differences in drug effects on behavior punished or maintained by response-produced shock

The effects of chloropromazine and pento

The effects of chloropromazine and pentobarbital on behavior maintained by electric shock or point loss avoidance in humans

✍ Marian W. Fischman; Charles R. Schuster 📂 Article 📅 1979 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 787 KB

Human volunteer subjects were trained to press a lever to avoid or escape electric shock or loss of points which could be redeemed for money at the termination of the study. The effects of pentobarbital and chlorpromazine on avoidance and escape behavior were compared. Both aversive stimuli maintain