Self-Regulation of Brain-Stimulating Current Intensity in the Rat

Self-Regulation of Brain-Stimulating Current Intensity in the Rat

A modification of the self-stimulation technique of Olds enabled rats to regulate and maintain at a preferred level the amount of brain-stimulating current they received as reinforcement for lever pressing. The method used two levers to deliver brief brain shocks: each response at one lever increase...

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Veröffentlicht in:Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 1959-09, Vol.130 (3375), p.570-572
Hauptverfasser: Stein, Larry, Ray, Oakley S.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adults
Age
Animals
Brain
Brain - physiology
Earths Moon
Electric current
Electrodes
Evapotranspiration
Learning
Midbrain tegmentum
Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
Old Medline
Rats
Reinforcement (Psychology)
Retinal images
Self Stimulation
Social Control, Informal
Vegetation
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Zusammenfassung:A modification of the self-stimulation technique of Olds enabled rats to regulate and maintain at a preferred level the amount of brain-stimulating current they received as reinforcement for lever pressing. The method used two levers to deliver brief brain shocks: each response at one lever increased the current intensity a small step and each response at the other lowered it one step.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.130.3375.570