通过脑电刺激强化行为的日程控制。

Schedule control of behavior reinforced by electrical stimulation of the brain.

作者信息

Beninger R J, Bellisle F, Milner P M

出版信息

Science. 1977 Apr 29;196(4289):547-9. doi: 10.1126/science.850798.

Abstract

Electrical stimulation of the brain was used to train rats to respond on random interval schedules. Stimulation was either delayed for 0.5 second and preceded by a brief signal, delayed and unsignaled, or presented contiguously with the response. In every case, responding was maintained on schedules and showed resistance to extinction typical of food-reinforced responding. Priming was never necessary. These data cast doubt on the generality of beliefs about the behavioral effects of brain stimulation reinforcement.

摘要

用电刺激来训练大鼠按随机间隔程序做出反应。刺激要么延迟0.5秒并在之前有一个简短信号，要么延迟且无信号，要么与反应同时呈现。在每种情况下，反应都能按程序维持，并且表现出对消退的抵抗，这是食物强化反应所特有的。启动（即引发反应）从来都不必要。这些数据对关于脑刺激强化的行为效应的普遍观点提出了质疑。