ECONOMIC SUBSTITUTABILITY OF ELECTRICAL BRAIN STIMULATION, FOOD, AND WATER
- 1 March 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Vol. 55 (2), 133-143
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1991.55-133
Abstract
Concurrent variable-ratio schedules of electrical brain stimulation, food, and water were paired in various combinations as reinforcement of rats' lever presses. Relative prices of the concurrent reinforcers were varied by changing the ratio of the response ...Keywords
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