60 Hz Electric Fields and Incandescent Light as Aversive Stimuli Controlling the Behavior of Rats Responding under Concurrent Schedules of Reinforcement

Bioelectromagnetics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 210-221

  Stern, Sander ^a   Laties, Victor G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aversive stimuli; Electric fields; Incandescent light; Reinforcement schedules

Indexed keywords

PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS); RATS; REINFORCEMENT;

AVERSIVE STIMULUS; EQUIVALENT STRENGTH; FIELD EXPOSURE; FIELD STRENGTHS; GENERAL DESIGNS; INCANDESCENT LIGHT; PRESSUNG; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME-SPENT; VARIABLE INTERVALS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; LIGHT; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0031637018     PISSN: 01978462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-186x(1998)19:4<210::aid-bem3>3.0.co;2-4     Document Type: Article

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