Intraventricular injection of antivasopressin serum blocks learned helplessness in rats

Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence.

Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1976 · 2.3K citations

Psychosocial Determinant, Educational Psychology, Affective Neuroscience +19

Effects of inescapable shock upon subsequent escape and avoidance responding.

J. Bruce Overmier, Martin E. P. Seligman · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1967 · 1.2K citations

Behavioral Sciences, Cognitive Science, Veterinary Behavioral Medicine +11

Learned helplessness in the rat.

Martin E. P. Seligman, Gwyneth Hill Beagley · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1975 · 478 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience, Bar Pressing +10

The influence of the posterior and inter-mediate lobe of the pituitary and pituitary peptides on the maintenance of a conditioned avoidance response in rats

D. De Wled · International Journal of Neuropharmacology · 1965 · 375 citations

Inter-mediate Lobe, Neurobiological Mechanism, Cognitive Science +11

Learned helplessness: Theory and evidence.

Steven F. Maier, Martin E. P. Seligman · Journal of Experimental Psychology General · 1976 · 339 citations

Behavioral Sciences, Psychosocial Determinant, Educational Psychology +5