Electrical Intracranial Stimulation as a Primary Reinforcer for Cats
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 16 (2) , 335-338
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.2.335
Abstract
Cats were trained to press a bar to receive electrical stimulation in the region of the medial forebrain bundle. The training was achieved without the employment of prior training to any conventional reinforcer but required a very large number of stimulations before the cats began to show positive reinforcement from the stimulations. It appears that the cats' response to intracranial stimulation underwent a transition from negative to positive with continued experience.Keywords
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