Duration, response, and location: The influence of upcoming 32% sucrose on rats' licking or lever pressing for 1% liquid sucrose

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 80-90

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a   Nurnberger, Jeri T ^a   Arthur, Emily I L ^a   King, Brent M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipatory contrast; Continuous reinforcement; Lever press; Lick; Positive induction; Rat

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING; INDUCED RESPONSE; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LICKING; LIQUID; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD PREFERENCES; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUCROSE;

EID: 20444441449     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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