Fox S S, Rudell A P
Science. 1968 Dec 13;162(3859):1299-302. doi: 10.1126/science.162.3859.1299.
Traditional studies of electrophysiological correlates of behavior contain inherent high variability resulting from the arbitrary choice of behaviors, brain locations, and wave parameters. The operant control of neural events is a formal and systematic approach to the study of prespecified parameters and components of brain activity as they encode behaviors. Two studies in which the electrical activity of brain was the criterion for reinforcement demonstrate the acquisition, under such operant control, of two mutually exclusive behaviors or states which selectively alter evoked potential components.
传统的行为电生理相关性研究存在固有的高变异性，这是由行为、脑区位置和波形参数的随意选择所导致的。神经事件的操作性控制是一种形式化且系统的方法，用于研究大脑活动中预先指定的参数和成分，因为它们编码行为。两项以脑电活动作为强化标准的研究表明，在这种操作性控制下，可以习得两种相互排斥的行为或状态，它们会选择性地改变诱发电位成分。
