An analysis of the role of fear in the kamin effect

Bintz, John; Braud, William G.; Brown, Judson S.

doi:10.1016/0023-9690(70)90083-4

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“…In addition, Klein and Spear (1970a) have demonstrated that animals do not seem to be inhibited 1 h after training, since they are not less able to cope with aversive conditioning. So, the Kamin effect could also correspond to more active responding at intermediate intervals (see also Bintz, Bradd, & Brown, 1970;Singh, Sakellaris, & Brush, 1971). On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that presentation of a training cue just prior to the retention test can abolish the transitory disruption of performance (Gisquet-Verrier, Dekeyne, & Alexinsky, 1985;Klein & Spear, 1970b).…”

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Time-dependent fluctuations of retention performance in an aversively motivated task

Gisquet-Verrier¹,

Alexinsky²

1988

Animal Learning & Behavior

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The main aim of this series of experiments was to clearly establish the spontaneous development of retention performance following partial aversively motivated training. Experiment 1 indicated that following 15 training trials of a brightness discrimination in a V-maze, performance spontaneously and transitorily deteriorated 1 h following inital training (Kamin effect) before it improved 8 to 14 days following training (long-term spontaneous improvement). Both of these fluctuations preceded the more durable deterioration that corresponds to long-term forgetting. Experiment 2 replicated the basic findings of the first experiment, always with a brightness discrimination, but using an avoidance paradigm. These results demonstrated the multiphasic nature of the retention curve and emphasized the reliability of retention performance fluctuations.

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Time-dependent fluctuations of retention performance in an aversively motivated task

Gisquet-Verrier¹,

Alexinsky²

1988

Animal Learning & Behavior

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“…This memory-retrieval interpretation of the Kamin effect appears capable of explaining those cases in which more active responding is seen at intermediate intervals (Bintz, 1970;Bintz, Braud, & Brown, 1970;Klein & Spear, 1970a, 1970bPinel & Cooper, 1966;Ross, 1975 ;Singh, Sakellaris, & Brush, 1971) as well as the more typical finding of less active responding. Such an interpretation has been suggested in various forms by several authors (Bintz et al, 1970;Brush, 1971;Klein, 1972;Spear, 1971Spear, , 1973. However, the failure to find a Kamin effect when retention of discrimination learning was measured in terms of choices, in spite of the simultaneous occurrence of the effect in terms of response latencies (Barrett et al, 1971b;Steranka & Barrett, 1973), would suggest a performance rather than a memorial interpretation of the phenomenon.…”

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Forgetting of a discrimination after intervals of intermediate length: The Kamin effect with choice behavior.

Bryan¹,

Spear²

1976

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

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Several experiments tested the occurrence of the "Kamin effect" in terms of discrimination (choice) behavior by rats. The effect-defined by a nonmonotonic retention function following aversive conditioning-, which includes exaggerated forgetting after intervals of intermediate length (1-6 hr.)-was obtained in terms of choice behavior, with each discrimination task tested (brightness and position) and for each of three types of retention test differing in the nature of the transfer between training and testing. The results of these tests suggest that a deficit in memory retrieval after intermediate-length intervals is the most appropriate explanation for these instances of the Kamin effect, with a likely important role in such memory processing to be assigned the endogenous neurochemical and hormonal changes that accompany and follow a stressful learning experience.

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“…If cholinergic inhibition is sufficient to produce the Kamin effect, physostigmine should induce retention deficits on 24-h tests . Finally, Bintz, Braud, and Brown (1970) observed that approach tendencies on a conflict situation were grea test 3 h following shock in the goalbox. A cholinergic inhibition hypothesis would predict freezing on an intermediate interval test.…”

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The Kamin effect in hippocampal-lesioned animals

1975

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Ventral hippocampal and sham-operated rats were given one-way active-avoidance training follo\le d by relearning either 5 min, 1 h, or 24 h later. Both ventral hippocampal and sham-operated rats showed deficits in active-avoidance relearning performance 1 h after original avoidance acquisition. The failure of ventral hippocampal lesions to influence avoidance performance 1 h following original avoidance acquisition may indicate that neither the adrenal-pituitary nor the adrenergic-cholinergic systems are essential for the occurrence of the Kamin effect.

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An analysis of the role of fear in the kamin effect

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

Time-dependent fluctuations of retention performance in an aversively motivated task

Time-dependent fluctuations of retention performance in an aversively motivated task

Forgetting of a discrimination after intervals of intermediate length: The Kamin effect with choice behavior.

The Kamin effect in hippocampal-lesioned animals

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