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The effects of amphetamine on the partial punishment effect (PPE) at one trial per day, were examined. Two groups of animals were trained to run in a straight alley. The continuously reinforced (CRF) group received food reward on every trial. The partially punished (PP) group received food reward on every trial but in addition, received footshocks of a gradually increasing intensity in the goal box on a random 50% of the trials. In the test stage, all animals received both food and footshock on each trial. dl-Amphetamine 1.5 mg/kg was administered in a 2 × 2 design, i.e. drug-no drug in training and drug-no drug in test. The partially punished animals exhibited increased persitence in running to the goal box during test, and this “partial punishment effect” was unaffected by amphetamine.
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Weiner, I., Bercovitz, H. & Feldon, J. Amphetamine does not affect the partial punishment effect (PPE). Psychopharmacologia 88, 119–123 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00310526
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