"Forced Exercise Blocks Learned Helplessness in the Cockroach (<i>Periplaneta Americana</i>)" by Gary E. Brown

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Forced Exercise Blocks Learned Helplessness in the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana)

Psychological Reports

Gary E. Brown, University of Tennessee at Martin
Eric S. Davis, University of Tennessee at Martin
Amanda Johnson, University of Tennessee at Martin

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2-1-1999

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.155

Abstract

For three consecutive days, two groups of adult female cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) (ns=10) received inescapable shock. 24 hr. later one group was exposed to 10 min. of forced exercise on a treadmill while the other group received no exercise. Both groups were then run in a shuttlebox escape task. The cockroaches exposed to forced exercise did not become helpless in the shuttlebox escape task.

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Psychological Reports, v. 84, no. 1, p. 155-156E

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Gary E. Brown, Eric S. Davis and Amanda Johnson. "Forced Exercise Blocks Learned Helplessness in the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana)" Psychological Reports Vol. 84 Iss. 1 (1999) p. 155 - 156E
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/eric-davis/8/