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PROF. OLDS HEADS RESEARCH:
Rats Used in Brain Experiments
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Small electrodes painlessly im-
planted deep in the brain are en-
abling researchers to map pleasure
centers in the brain.
Tests have revealed many spots
in the brain which are centers of
hunger, sex and other reward
systems.
Results of the research have
modified a long-standing psychol-
ogical theory and may give man
new weapons for the war on men-
tal illness.
Olds in Charge
Prof. James Olds of the psychol-
ogy department is in charge of
the research. An accidentally mis-
placed electrode put the professor'
on the path of discovering the
pleasure centers.
Previously on the staff of Mc-
Gill University, he noticed in his
studies there that a rat expressed
great interest in the geographic
location where it received a mild
electrical shock.
While the rat moved away from
this spot, he usually returned and
sniffed around the area. Addi-
tional stimulus made him spend
more of his time there."
Gradually, Prof. Olds found he
could control the animal's be-
havior by giving it an electrical
stimulus as a reward for correct
behavior.
Tests End Doubts
The first animal tested in this
fashion ended any doubts that an
electric shock in some parts of
the brain provided rewards. After
two to five minutes in the box, the
rat stimulated its own brain regu-
larly about every five seconds.
By uniformly increasing the
number of rats involved, Prof.
Olds compared the effect of elec-
trode placement in different parts
of the brain. Gradually, he began
to map the pleasure and pain
centers.
Lie in Middle Portion -
The centers lie in the middle
portion of the head, slightly be-
low eye-level, in a cylindrical area
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WANTS STIMULATION--Prof. James Olds of the psychology department watches a large white
rat run across an electrified grid to get an electric "brain-tickling" stimulus at the far end of this
obstruction box. Hungry rats refuse to cross thegrid to obtain food, but willingly experience "living
hell" to get a tiny shock from electrodes in their, brains when they press a small bar at the end of the
box.
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running from one ear to the other.
In certain cases, the professor
found the rats would stimulate
themselves as much as 8,000 times
an hour, the pleasure of the elec-
tric stimulation was so great.
In other cases, animals would
press the bar lever once and never
return, thus indicating they had
been punished and did not care to
repeat the process.
Rats often ignored available food
in order to receive more electric
stimulation.
In one test, Prof. Olds put in-
dividual rats in a long narrow ob-
struction box. This had a bar lever
at each end and an electrified grid
in the middle.
As current in the grid was in-
creased, rats near death from
starvation refused to cross it for
the food at the other end of the
box. But, if they could receive an
electric stimulus instead, they will-
ingly would cross.
Experiments with Drugs
Prof. Olds then began experi-
menting with various drugs and
tranquilizers to see what effect
this might have on the brain cen-
ters.
He suspects excessive activity in
these pleasure systems results in
psychotic agitation in man, while
insufficient activity may cause
psychotic depression.
His tests with the effects of
drugs on rats lends support to this
theory.
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Reports Indians, Dark-Skinned People'
Have Difficulty Finding Living Quarters
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(EDITOR'S NOTE: The following Is
an analysis of the housing situation
faced by the University's foreign stu
dents.) -
By JEAN HARTWI&G
The only foreign students who
have any significant difficulty in
finding apartments and rooms in
Ann Arbor are Indians and dark-
skinned people, James M. Davis,
director of the International Cen-
ter, said.
Indians have housing problems
mainly because of the "somewhat
pungent" odor of their cooking
spices and their housekeeping
customs that differ from American
standards, Davis explained.
Most Indian students, however,
have not found any exceptional
difficulty with prejudiced land-
lords, according to two women
from Caracas who are studying at
the University under Lisle Fellow-
ships,
One Landlady Hostile
Only meeting one landlady who
was hostile to them because of
their race, one of the Indian stu-
dents smiled and said, "When she
opened the dopr and saw us there, The additional show of hostility
her eyes got very big and she may be enough to destroy his good
closed it right away. I think she impression of America.
thought we would bite her or1
something."
Negro students face a some-
what different problem. One of the
most disconcerting experiences is
for an African student to call
about an advertised room and be
informed that it is available, only
to ,be told that it is taken when
the landlord sees him in person.
Markley Helps Situation
This situation has been allevi-
ated somewhat by the addition of
Mary Markley Hall, Davis noted.
$ince there is more dormitory
space now available for all stu-
dents, apartments are not in such
demand and most foreign students
who cannot live in the residence
halls because of their food require-
ments, are able to have quite a
wide choice of living accommoda-
tions,
Housing tliscrimination against
the foreig i student is important
especially because it occurs at a
time when his morale is very low.
Cites Recent Study
Citing a recent study done in
this area, Davis said that most
foreign students have a''rosy''
picture of the United States be-
fore they arrive, due to the re-
ports of others coming here be-
fore them, and various other
sources. This illusion is destroyed
by such practical and unglamorous
activities as finding housing and
making a living. To a student al-
ready disappointed in this country,
an unfriendly landlord can repre-
sent complete rejection.
To prevent the occurrence of
such circumstances, the Interna-
tional Center has a file of avail-
able housing for foreign students
listing the landlords' preferences
and prejudices in tenants.
"Actually, though, the landlord
has the right to choose the tenants
he wants," Davis said, explaining;
that most of the objections to
"messy" housekeeping and
"strong" food odors are valid.
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