Varied numbers of electroshock administrations followed by equal numbers of CS-UCS paired presentations were given to 7 groups of male albino rats to study desensitization and fear conditioning. Conditioned fear R, measured by the obstruction apparatus, was weaker in rats shocked prior to fear conditioning.
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