Schedule Control of Behavior Reinforced by Electrical Stimulation of the Brain
- 29 April 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 196 (4289) , 547-549
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.850798
Abstract
Electrical stimulation of the brain was used to train rats to respond on random interval schedules. Stimulation was either delayed for 0.5 second and preceded by a brief signal, delayed and unsignaled, or presented contiguously with the response. In every case, responding was maintained on schedules and showed resistance to extinction typical of food-reinforced responding. Priming was never necessary. These data cast doubt on the generality of beliefs about the behavioral effects of brain stimulation reinforcement.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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