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- Title
Anxiolytic-like effect of ejaculation upon frustration.
- Authors
Freidin, Esteban; Kamenetzky, Giselle; Mustaca, Alba Elisabeth
- Abstract
In three experiments, we studied the consequences of ejaculation upon the frustrative or contrast response of male rats exposed to reward downshift situations (i.e., surprising changes from 32% to 4% sucrose solutions). Similar to what has been found after treatment with anxiolytic agents, consummatory suppression was partially reversed by previous ejaculations in a second postshift trial (Experiments 2 and 3), such a result not having been obtained in a first postshift trial (Experiment 1). Moreover, the effect of ejaculations upon males' behavior during a second postshift trial was transitory, disappearing when assessed during the third and fourth postshift trials (Experiment 3). These results are in accordance with both Amsel's (1958, 1992) frustration theory and Flaherty's (1996) multistage hypothesis of successive negative contrast; the diverse factors that are known to modulate contrast effects are considered, including an interpretation of the present data in terms of the anxiolytic-like effect of the ejaculation.
- Subjects
RESEARCH; ANIMAL experimentation; RATS; MALES; EJACULATION; TRANQUILIZING drugs; RAT behavior; FRUSTRATION
- Publication
Learning & Behavior, 2005, Vol 33, Issue 3, p277
- ISSN
1543-4494
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3758/BF03192857