TEST OF DEUTSCH'S DRIVE-DECAY THEORY OF REWARDING SELF-STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN.
Deutsch's theory of intracranial self-stimulation generates experimental predictions regarding the effects of both free stimulation of the brain and the pre-extinction training procedure on extinction behavior after rewarding stimulation of the brain. The results of one experiment confirmed the prediction regarding free stimulation; the other experiment did not provide the expected result. We concluded that Deutsch's theory, in its present form, is of restricted enerality.
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D007031:Hypothalamus; D009042:Motivation; D051381:Rats; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012106:Research; D012201:Reward; D012653:Self Stimulation
BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; EXTINCTION (PSYCHOLOGY); HYPOTHALAMUS; MOTIVATION; RATS