| Literature DB >> 8064210 |
M J Evans1, A Duvel, M L Funk, B Lehman, J Sparrow, N T Watson, A Neuringer.
Abstract
An apparatus was developed to study social reinforcement in the rat. Four Long-Evans female rats were trained to press a lever via shaping, with the reinforcer being access to a castrated male rat. Responding under a fixed-ratio schedule and in extinction was also observed. Social access was found to be an effective reinforcer. When social reinforcement was compared with food reinforcement under similar conditions of deprivation and reinforcer duration, no significant differences were observed.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID： 8064210 PMCID： PMC1334372 DOI： 10.1901/jeab.1994.62-149
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Exp Anal Behav ISSN： 0022-5002 Impact factor: 2.468