Timing Behavior in Rats with Water Drinking as a Mediator
- 24 May 1963
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 140 (3569), 888-889
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.140.3569.888
Abstract
Rats, reinforced for spacing their responses 20 seconds apart, used water-drinking as a means of "pacing" their response rate. "Timing" may be based on mediating response sequences such as drinking.Keywords
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