Operant tempo varies with reinforcement rate: implications for measurement of reward efficacy

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 85-101

  Conover, Kent L ^a   Fulton, Stephanie ^a   Shizgal, Peter ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appetitive behavior; Choice behavior; Motivation; Reinforcement schedule; Reward; Self stimulation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; SELF STIMULATION; THEORY;

EID: 0035500595     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(01)00190-5     Document Type: Article

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