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Science 29 July 1960:
Vol. 132. no. 3422, pp. 297 - 298
DOI: 10.1126/science.132.3422.297
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Discrimination of Tones during Reinforcing Brain Stimulation

Bernard Beer 1 and Elliot S. Valenstein 1

1 Department of Psychology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D.C.

Hungry animals were trained to press a lever for brain stimulation. Different tones were presented concurrently with the stimulation. A second lever delivered food only during critical tone periods. Animals were able to discriminate tones presented concurrently with rewarding intracranial stimulation, and they also interrupted self-stimulation behavior to respond appropriately under other reinforcements.


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Reinforcing Brain Stimulation in Competition with Water Reward and Shock Avoidance.
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