Two groups of 10 rats each were trained to cross increasing levels of electrical shock in a straight alley runway for food. The group receiving masking white noise (88 db) showed a significantly higher shock tolerance than controls that received no white noise. The results were interpreted as supporting the audioanalgesic effect and as suggesting a need to examine the use of masking white noise in studies using shock
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