Can hypothalamically induced escape behavior be conditioned?

Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.

Peter Milner · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1954 · 3.1K citations

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Emotional Behavior Produced by Hypothalamic Stimulation

Hiroyuki Nakao · American Journal of Physiology-Legacy Content · 1958 · 177 citations

Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Neuroscience +16

Both rewarding and punishing effects from stimulation of posterior hypothalamus of cat with same electrode at same intensity.

Warren W. Roberts · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1958 · 149 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Physiology +10

Is the Hypothalamus a Center of Emotion?

Jules H. Masserman · Psychosomatic Medicine · 1941 · 116 citations

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Rapid escape learning without avoidance learning motivated by hypothalamic stimulation in cats.

Warren W. Roberts · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1958 · 101 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +16