Differential conditional emotional and cardiovascular responses--a training technique for monkeys.
A training technique has been developed which combines classical differential conditioning and conditional emotional response (CER) procedures. After monkeys were trained to lever-press on a variable-interval schedule, two stimulus lights were presented. One light (CS) was always followed, upon termination, by electrical shock; the other light (DS) was never followed by shock. The response to the CS was a decreased rate of lever-pressing and increased heart rate and blood-flow velocity. None of these responses occurred to the DS. This technique eliminates the possibility of pseudoconditioning and provides measurement of both somatic and autonomic responses in a CER situation.
D000818:Animals; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002320:Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological; D004597:Electroshock; D004644:Emotions; D000882:Haplorhini; D006339:Heart Rate; D008027:Light; D008722:Methods; D009048:Motor Skills