Stimulus properties of reinforcing brain shock.
Rats easily discriminate between two types of subcortical brain shock which differ in reinforcing properties. When both stimuli are either neutral or positively reinforcing subjects have difficulty in responding differentially to the two types of electrical stimulation of the brain. Possible implications for a theory concerning a generalized or diffuse reinforcement system are discussed.
D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004566:Electrodes; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D012055:Reinforcement Schedule; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012201:Reward; D012653:Self Stimulation