Sensitization and habituation regulate reinforcer effectiveness

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 189-198

  McSweeney, Frances K ^a   Murphy, Eric S ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Habituation; Motivated behavior; Operant conditioning; Reinforcer; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOOD; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; SENSITIZATION; STIMULUS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67349105618     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

References (66)

1. Ahmed S.H., and Koob G.F. Long-lasting increase in the set point for cocaine self-administration after escalation in rats. Psychopharmacology 146 (1999) 303-312
2. Aoyama K., and McSweeney F.K. Habituation contributes to within-session changes in free wheel running. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 76 (2001) 289-302
3. Aoyama K., and McSweeney F.K. Habituation may contribute to within-session decreases in responding under high-rate schedules of reinforcement. Animal Learning & Behavior 29 (2001) 79-91
4. Belke T.W. Running and responding reinforced by the opportunity to run: Effect of reinforcer duration. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 67 (1997) 337-351
5. Bizo L.A., Bogdanov S.V., and Killeen P.R. Satiation causes within-session decreases in instrumental responding. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 24 (1998) 439-452
6. Blass E.M., and Hall W.G. Drinking termination: Interactions among hydrational, orogastric, and behavioral controls in rats. Psychological Review 83 (1976) 356-374
7. Bonardi C., and Hall G. Learned irrelevance: No more than the sum of CS and US preexposure effects?. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 22 (1996) 183-191
8. Broster B.S., and Rankin C.H. Effects of changing interstimulus interval during habituation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Behavioral Neuroscience 108 (1994) 1019-1029
9. Epstein L.H., Paluch R., and Coleman K.J. Differences in salivation to repeated food cues in obese and nonobese women. Psychosomatic Medicine 58 (1996) 160-164
10. Epstein L.H., Rodefer J.S., Wisniewski L., and Caggiula A.R. Habituation and dishabituation of human salivary response. Physiology & Behavior 51 (1992) 945-950
11. Epstein L.H., Saad F.G., Handley E.A., Roemmich J.N., Hawk L.W., and McSweeney F.K. Habituation of salivation and motivated responding for food in children. Appetite 41 (2003) 283-289
12. Ernst M.M., and Epstein L.H. Habituation of responding for food in humans. Appetite 38 (2002) 224-234
13. Fitzsimons T.J., and Le Magnen J. Eating as a regulatory control of drinking in the rat. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology 67 (1969) 273-283
14. Groves P.M., and Thompson R.F. Habituation: A dual-process theory. Psychological Review 77 (1970) 419-450
15. Hall G., and Pearce J.M. Latent inhibition of a CS during CS-US pairings. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 5 (1979) 31-42
16. Harris J.D. Habituatory response decrement in the intact organism. Psychological Bulletin 40 (1943) 385-422
17. Hinson J.M., and Tennison L.R. Within-session analysis of visual discrimination. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 72 (1999) 385-405
18. Kimmel H.D. Inhibition of the unconditioned response in classical conditioning. Psychological Review 73 (1966) 232-240
19. Lubow R.E. Latent inhibition and conditioned attention theory (1989), Cambridge University Press, New York
20. Mackintosh N.J. Stimulus selection: Learning to ignore stimuli that predict no change in reinforcement. In: Hinde R.A., and Hinde J.S. (Eds). Constraints on learning: Limitations and predispositions (1973), Academic Press, Oxford 75-96
21. McSweeney F.K. Rate of reinforcement and session duration as determinants of within-session patterns of responding. Animal Learning & Behavior 20 (1992) 160-169
22. McSweeney F.K., Hinson J.M., and Cannon C.B. Sensitization-habituation may occur during operant conditioning. Psychological Bulletin 120 (1996) 256-271
23. McSweeney F.K., and Johnson K.S. The effect of time between sessions on within-session patterns of responding. Behavioural Processes 31 (1994) 207-217
24. McSweeney F.K., and Roll J.M. Responding changes systematically within sessions during conditioning procedures. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 60 (1993) 621-640
25. McSweeney F.K., and Roll J.M. Do animals satiate or habituate to repeatedly presented reinforcers?. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 5 (1998) 428-442
26. McSweeney F.K., Roll J.M., and Weatherly J.N. Within-session changes in responding during several simple schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 62 (1994) 109-132
27. McSweeney F.K., and Swindell S. Behavioral economics and within-session changes in responding. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 72 (1999) 355-371
28. McSweeney F.K., and Swindell S. General-process theories of motivation revisited: The role of habituation. Psychological Bulletin 125 (1999) 437-457
29. McSweeney F.K., and Swindell S. Common processes may contribute to extinction and habituation. Journal of General Psychology 129 (2002) 364-400
30. McSweeney F.K., Swindell S., and Weatherly J.N. Within-session changes in adjunctive and instrumental responding. Learning and Motivation 27 (1996) 408-427
31. McSweeney F.K., Swindell S., and Weatherly J.N. Within-session changes in responding during concurrent schedules with different reinforcers in the components. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 66 (1996) 369-390
32. McSweeney F.K., and Weatherly J.N. Habituation to the reinforcer may contribute to multiple-schedule behavioral contrast. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 69 (1998) 199-221
33. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., and Roll J.M. Within-session changes in responding during concurrent schedules that employ two different operanda. Animal Learning & Behavior 23 (1995) 237-244
34. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., Roll J.M., and Swindell S. Within-session patterns of responding when the operandum changes during the session. Learning and Motivation 26 (1995) 403-420
35. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., and Swindell S. Prospective factors contribute little to within-session changes in responding. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 2 (1995) 234-238
36. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., and Swindell S. Within-session changes in key and lever pressing for water during several multiple variable-interval schedules. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior 64 (1995) 75-94
37. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., and Swindell S. Reinforcer value may change within experimental sessions. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review 3 (1996) 372-375
38. McSweeney F.K., Weatherly J.N., and Swindell S. Within-session changes in responding during delayed matching-to-sample and discrimination procedures. Animal Learning & Behavior 24 (1996) 290-299
39. Melville C.L., Rue H.C., Rybiski L.R., and Weatherly J.N. Altering reinforcer variety or intensity changes the within-session decrease in responding. Learning and Motivation 28 (1997) 609-621
40. Melville C.L., Rybiski L.R., and Kamrani B. Within-session responding as a function of force required for lever press. Behavioural Processes 37 (1996) 217-224
41. Melville C.L., and Weatherly J.N. Within-session patterns of responding when rats run in a T-maze. Behavioural Processes 38 (1996) 89-102
42. Millenson J.R. Principles of behavioral analysis (1967), Macmillan, New York
43. Mis F.W., and Moore J.W. Effect of preacquisition UCS exposure on classical conditioning of the rabbit's nictitating membrane response. Learning and Motivation 4 (1973) 108-114
44. Mook D.G. Motivation: The organization of action. 2nd ed. (1996), W. W. Norton, New York
45. Murphy E.S., McSweeney F.K., and Kowal B.P. Motivation to consume alcohol in rats: The role of habituation. In: O'Neal P.W. (Ed). Motivation of health behavior (2007), Nova Science, Hauppauge, NY 111-126
46. Murphy E.S., McSweeney F.K., Kowal B.P., McDonald J., and Wiediger R.V. Spontaneous recovery and dishabituation of ethanol-reinforced responding in alcohol-preferring rats. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology 14 (2006) 471-482
47. Murphy E.S., McSweeney F.K., Smith R.G., and McComas J.J. Dynamic changes in reinforcer effectiveness: Theoretical, methodological, and practical implications for applied research. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis 36 (2003) 421-438
48. Pfautz P.L., and Wagner A.R. Transient variations in responding to Pavlovian conditioned stimuli have implications for the mechanisms of "priming". Animal Learning & Behavior 4 (1976) 107-112
49. Pearce J.M., and Hall G. A model for Pavlovian learning: Variations in the effectiveness of conditioned but not of unconditioned stimuli. Psychological Review 87 (1980) 532-552
50. Phillips P.A., Rolls B.J., Ledingham J.G.G., and Morton J.J. Body fluid changes, thirst and drinking in man during free access to water. Physiology & Behavior 33 (1984) 357-363
51. Prusky G.T., Harker K.T., Douglas R.M., and Whishaw I.Q. Variation in visual acuity within pigmented, and between pigmented and albino rat strains. Behavioural Brain Research 136 (2002) 339-348
52. Randich A., and LoLordo V.M. Associative and nonassociative theories of the UCS preexposure phenomenon: Implications for Pavlovian conditioning. Psychological Bulletin 86 (1979) 523-548
53. Raynor H.A., and Epstein L.H. Dietary variety, energy regulation, and obesity. Psychological Bulletin 127 (2001) 325-341
54. Roll J.M., and McSweeney F.K. Within-session changes in operant responding when gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) serve as subjects. Current Psychology 15 (1997) 340-345
55. Roll J.M., McSweeney F.K., Johnson K.S., and Weatherly J.N. Satiety contributes little to within-session decreases in responding. Learning and Motivation 26 (1995) 323-341
56. Saelens B.E., and Epstein L.H. Reinforcing value of food in obese and non-obese women. Appetite 27 (1996) 41-50
57. Solomon R.L., and Corbit J.D. An opponent-process theory of motivation: I. Temporal dynamics of affect. Psychological Review 81 (1974) 119-145
58. Swithers S.E., and Hall W.G. Does oral experience terminate ingestion?. Appetite 23 (1994) 113-138
59. Temple J.L., Giacomelli A.M., Kent K.M., Roemmich J.N., and Epstein L.H. Television watching increases motivated responding for food and energy intake in children. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 85 (2007) 355-361
60. Temple J.L., Giacomelli A.M., Roemmich J.N., and Epstein L.H. Habituation and within session changes in motivated responding for food in children. Appetite 50 (2008) 390-396
61. Terry W.S. Effects of priming unconditioned stimulus representation in short-term memory on Pavlovian conditioning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 2 (1976) 354-369
62. Thompson R.F., and Spencer W.A. Habituation: A model phenomenon for the study of neuronal substrates of behavior. Psychological Review 73 (1966) 16-43
63. Thorpe W.H. Learning and instinct in animals (1966), Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA
64. Wagner A.R. Priming in STM: An information-processing mechanism for self-generated or retrieval-generated depression in performance. In: Tighe T.J., and Leaton R.N. (Eds). Habituation: Perspectives from child development, animal behavior and neurophysiology (1976), Wiley, New York 95-128
65. Weatherly J.N., McSweeney F.K., and Swindell S. On the contributions of responding and reinforcement to within-session patterns of responding. Learning and Motivation 26 (1995) 421-432
66. Whitlow Jr. J.W. Short-term memory in habituation and dishabituation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 1 (1975) 189-206