11 rats which experienced severe, inescapable shock were subsequently found to be impaired in the acquisition of a 2-way shuttle-box avoidance task but showed no impairment in open-field exploration. Ss initially allowed to escape/avoid the shock demonstrated enhanced exploration in the open field.
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