Forced Exercise Blocks Learned Helplessness in the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana)

Authors

Gary E. Brown, University of Tennessee at Martin
Eric S. Davis, University of Tennessee at MartinFollow
Amanda Johnson, University of Tennessee at Martin

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1999

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1999.84.1.155

Abstract

For three consecutive days, two groups of adult female cockroaches (Periplaneta americana) (ns=10) received inescapable shock. 24 hr. later one group was exposed to 10 min. of forced exercise on a treadmill while the other group received no exercise. Both groups were then run in a shuttlebox escape task. The cockroaches exposed to forced exercise did not become helpless in the shuttlebox escape task.

Was this content written or created while at USF?

No

Citation / Publisher Attribution

Psychological Reports, v. 84, no. 1, p. 155-156E

Scholar Commons Citation

Brown, Gary E.; Davis, Eric S.; and Johnson, Amanda, "Forced Exercise Blocks Learned Helplessness in the Cockroach (Periplaneta Americana)" (1999). Educational and Psychological Studies Faculty Publications. 151.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/esf_facpub/151