Concurrent activity under fixed-interval reinforcement.

Abstract
"When a rat is free to run in a low-inertia running wheel or to press a lever for food on a fixed-interval schedule, the resolution of the competition between running and pressing can be expressed in the following way. When the schedule normally generates a substantial rate of responding, running in the wheel is suppressed. When the schedule does not generate a substantial rate, running in the wheel occurs. Shortly after reinforcement, both behaviors are absent.".
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