CONTINUOUS OPPORTUNITY FOR REINFORCING BRAIN STIMULATION.
The performance of a rat provided with continuous opportunity to obtain reinforcing brain stimulation over a 20-day period is described in detail. The animal averaged 29.2 responses per min during the entire time. Testing session was terminated by experimenters, but a day-by-day analysis of behavior provided no evidence that the animal would have stopped responding.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005108:Extinction, Psychological; D051381:Rats; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D012106:Research
BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; EXTINCTION (PSYCHOLOGY); RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY)