Self-Regulation of Brain-Stimulating Current Intensity in the Rat
- 4 September 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 130 (3375), 570-572
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.130.3375.570
Abstract
A modification of the self-stimulation technique of Olds enabled rats to regulate and maintain at a preferred level the amount of brain-stimulating current they received as reinforcement for lever pressing. The method used two levers to deliver brief brain shocks: each response at one lever increased the current intensity a small step and each response at the other lowered it one step.Keywords
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