"Conflict" and audiogenic seizures.

Abstract

The behavior denoted by this title has been fully described by Maier (7), Morgan and Morgan (10), and Hall and Martin (3). The use of the term "audiogenic seizures" will be considered in the discussion.* We are indebted to J. D. Morgan for assistance in certain phases of this work. The kindness of Mr. Mason Haire in reading and criticizing the manuscript is also gratefully acknowledged.

Effects of intense light stimulation on sound-induced seizures in rats.

“…Yet comparable exposure periods with the bell, as judged from latency data, produced 30 attacks. The results thus support the s;>ecificity implied by the terms "audioepileptic" (7) and "audiogenic" (6).…”

The uses of trauma in experiment: Traumatic stress and the history of experimental neurosis, c. 1925–1975

“…Clifford Morgan, a physiological psychologist, led the charge against Maier. The seizures, he argued, had not been the result of a conflict leading to frustration, as Maier had claimed, but an artifact of his experimental design, an "audiogenic seizure" caused by the noise of the compressor used to generate the air blast that forced the animals to jump towards one of the two windows (Morgan and Waldman 1941). Although a more detailed historical record points toward the possibility that Morgan's victory may have been not as unambiguous and clear-cut as it is now remembered, Maier, upset by the hostile response, turned away from the study of experimental neurosis and embarked on what would become a successful career as a work and organizational psychologist (Dewsbury 1993).…”

Emotional factors in experimental neuroses.

“…2. Forcing in the conflict situation.-Morgan and Waldman (31), in the same study, report that forcing the animal to jump by means of an electric shock did not change the number of seizures for the susceptible group and did not produce attacks in non-susceptible animals. However, as it has been shown (Maier,22; Bernhardt et ah, 4) that electric shock as such does not produce seizures, this evidence is hardly conclusive.…”