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Science 29 April 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4289, pp. 547 - 549
DOI: 10.1126/science.850798
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Science, Vol 196, Issue 4289, 547-549
Copyright © 1977 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Schedule control of behavior reinforced by electrical stimulation of the brain

RJ Beninger, F Bellisle, and PM Milner

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.


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