Fixed-interval pause duration in chained fixed-ratio, fixed-interval schedules

Ten rats were submitted to chained fixed-ratio (FR), fixed-interval (FI) schedules of reinforcement. A FR schedule at one lever produced a discriminative stimulus associated with a FI 60-s schedule of primary reinforcement (water) at the second response lever. In Experiment 1, the FI schedule was ke...

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Main Author: Todorov,João Claudio (author)
Other Authors: Carvalho,Lucas Couto de (author), Couto,Kalliu Carvalho (author), Cruz,Gleidson Gabriel da (author), Cunha,Claudia Octavia Ribeiro da (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-32882012000100012
Country:Brazil
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