Reinforcing Brain Stimulation in Competition with Water Reward and Shock Avoidance
- 28 September 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 137 (3535) , 1052-1054
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.137.3535.1052
Abstract
Employing response rate as the index of reinforcing strength in self-stimulation experiments is questioned. With water reward or shock avoidance placed in competition with brain stimulation, self-stimulation rate does not reflect relative reinforcement value. The results agree with preference tests which show that, for a given electrode site, stimulus intensity, not rate, is directly related to reward strength.Keywords
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