Relation between response amplitude and reinforcement.

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Although running speed in rats is generally used as a measure of response strength, an alternative approach, which treats running-speed data in a choice framework, has been proposed by Logan. The important variable in this treatment, viz, the correlation between speed of running and delay of reinforcement, was studied by comparing running speeds when the correlation was present with running speeds when it was absent, under a number of other conditions. No effect of the correlation was observed, although other experimental variables produced differences in running speed, even in the uncorrelated conditions. The results support the use of running speed as a measure of strength.

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