title: Sensation within the skin.
abstract: This Viewpoint emphasizes interoceptive discriminative stimulus modulation of voluntary operant behavior (a la B. F. Skinner), rather than elicitation of Pavlovian conditioned reflexes. In doing so, I will restate how the operant drug discrimination paradigm may not only elucidate smoking and other addictive behaviors but also anxiety (Troisi, J. R., II. (2003) Spontaneous recovery during, but not following, extinction of the discriminative stimulus effects of nicotine in rats: Reinstatement of stimulus control. Psychol. Rec. 53, 579-592).
authors.affiliation: Saint Anselm College , Manchester, New Hampshire 03102, United States.
authors.forename: Joseph R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Troisi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016739:Behavior, Addictive / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D005108:Extinction, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000494:pharmacology; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014836:Volition / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D009538:Nicotine
keywords: cue exposure therapy; drug discrimination; interoception; motivating operations; nicotine; reinforcer devaluation