The role of contextual conditioning in the effect of reinforcer devaluation on instrumental performance by rats

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 276-281

  Jonkman, Sietse ^a   Kosaki, Yutaka ^a   Everitt, Barry J ^a   Dickinson, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context extinction; Goal directed; Habitual; Lithium chloride; Pavlovian vs. instrumental processes; Reinforcer devaluation

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDE; INTERPOLATION; LITHIUM; RODENT; TRAINING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVERSION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXTINCTION TEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REACQUISITION TEST; REINFORCER DEVALUATION; RELIABILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LITHIUM CHLORIDE; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REWARD;

RATTUS;

EID: 77649189511     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.12.017     Document Type: Article

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