Choice with delayed or uncertain reinforcers in rats: Influence of timeout duration and session length

Synapse

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 792-806

  Zoratto, Francesca ^a   Laviola, Giovanni ^a   Adriani, Walter ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; Animal models; Home cage testing; Operant behavior; Probabilistic delivery; Temporal discounting

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVENESS; INTOLERANCE TO DELAY TASK; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILISTIC DELIVERY TASK; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT SESSION LENGTH; REINFORCEMENT TIMEOUT DURATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84863479767     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: 10982396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.21570     Document Type: Article

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