title: A rapid automatic technique for generating operant key-press behavior in rats.
abstract: Experimentally naive rats were trained to key press on a fixed-ratio 10 schedule of food reinforcement by a completely automatic procedure within a single, 1-hr session. Control procedures demonstrated that the resulting behavior was an operant, under control of the schedule of reinforcement and the specified reinforcing stimulus (food). A simple, combination food-tray operandum, also described, was used as the basis for the training technique.
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Davidson
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Davis
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cook