Stimulus dynamics increase the self-administration of compound visual and auditory stimuli

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 511, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-

  Olsen, Christopher M ^a,b   Winder, Danny G ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Novelty seeking; Operant learning; Operant sensation seeking; Sensory stimuli

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 84976388556     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.12.068     Document Type: Article

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