Sexual Behavior: Stimulation by Painful Electrical Shock to Skin in Male Rats
- 26 July 1968
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 161 (3839) , 392-395
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.161.3839.392
Abstract
A mildly painful electric shock lasting 0.5 second was delivered every 30 seconds to the skin of male rats while they were with a receptive female rat. Sexual behavior occurred, with brief latency, after shocks; thus, successive shocks resulted in a pacing of sexual behavior. This effect is attributed to periodic augmentation of sexual arousal by a periodic, nonspecific arousing stimulus (that is, shock).Keywords
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