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Five experiments investigating the display of defensive burying by Mongolian gerbils and mice are reported. Adult gerbils failed to engage in defensive burying when the aversive stimulus consisted of a flashbulb (Experiment 1), an electric shock (Experiment 2), and a chemical substance (Experiment 3). Young gerbils also failed to engage in burying under the flashbulb condition (Experiment 4). Mice, however, engaged in burying under the flashbulb condition (Experiment 5).
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Davis, S. F., Whiteside, D. A., Dickson, V. A., Thomas, R. L., & Heck, D. G. Conditioning and retention of defensive burying as a function of Elavil and Thorazine injection. Unpublished manuscript, 1980.
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Pinel, J. P. J., Treit, D., & Terlecki, L. J. Selected filmed sequences of conditioned defensive burying in the rat. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Psychonomic Society. Phoenix, Arizona, November 1979.
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This research was supported in part by a grant from the Research and Creativity Committee of Emporia State University to the first author. Portions of this paper were presented at the meeting of the Psychonomic Society, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1980.
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Davis, S.F., Whiteside, D.A., Heck, D.G. et al. Defensive burying: A cross-species replication and extension. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 17, 45–47 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333662
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