Positive Contrast in the Runway Obtained with Delay of Reward
- 9 May 1969
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 164 (3880) , 724-725
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.164.3880.724
Abstract
The failure to find positive contrast effects in the runway may be attributed to a ceiling effect that can be overcome with the use of delay of reward. Rats were trained one trial a day in a runway with small, medium, or large reward. When a shift to large reward was combined with delay of reward, shift groups slowed down less than controls.Keywords
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