Test of Deutsch's Drive-Decay Theory of Rewarding Self-Stimulation of the Brain
- 30 August 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3583) , 823-824
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3583.823
Abstract
Deutsch's theory of intracranial self-stimulation generates experimental predictions regarding the effects of both free stimulation of the brain and the pre-extinction training procedure on extinction behavior after rewarding stimulation of the brain. The results of one experiment confirmed the prediction regarding free stimulation; the other experiment did not provide the expected result. We concluded that Deutsch's theory, in its present form, is of restricted enerality.Keywords
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