Abstract
Problem. The object of this experiment is to show that the results of electroshock convulsion tried on mice by DUNCAN has the same tendency as that of the electroshock without convulsion on cats in our experiment.
Procedure. The subjects are cats (about 1 month old). The apparatus is applied according to the second simplified method of Mr. ISHIBASHI and Mr. NAKAI.
Learning. Put to dishes at the intervals of three meters, four meters away from the start. This experiment was continued till the cats reached the prey in one dish by the shortest way.
Electroshock; In the preliminary experiment we measured voltage caused by electroshock without convulsion, we found tonic, clonic convulsion seen in DUNCAN in electroshock convulsion.
Experiment. I. When food is put in one dish, we try electroshock without convulsion at the interval as by that of DUNCAN. II. When the experiment is done by one dish then try one in another dish, we examine the results of each experiment of the shocks caused by electroshock without convulsion. The time interval is same as that of DUNCAN.
Results and summary. Table 2 shows the result of the experiment I. Table 3 shows the result of experiment II.
1. We found the electroshock without convulsion in the cats three or five volt., after one minute.
2. We found temporary retrograde amnesia in the electroshock without convulsion.
3. Our result seems to be related with temporary retrograde amnesia in this case.
