Abstract
Summary
The recovery of inhibited conditioned reactions occurring under the influence of insulin hypoglycemia, and electroshoek which was described earlier was subjected to further experimental analysis. It was found that:
1. Several conditioned reactions which had been established and inhibited in a definite temporal sequence may recover simultaneously under the influence of hypoglycemic coma or convulsions or as the result of electrically induced convulsions. The degree of recovery is related to the degree of stability of the conditioned reaction prior to its inhibition but is within wide limits independent of the time which has elapsed since the conditioned reaction had been established.
2. The restitution of inhibited conditioned reactions is not accompanied by a change in the response of positively established conditioned reactions.
It is concluded that insulin coma and electroshock may act specifically on inhibited conditioned reactions without causing dedif-ferentiation.
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