scholarly journals Comparisons between Discrete Lever-Press and Shuttle Avoidance Responses in Mice: Acquisition Processes and Effects of Psychoactive Drugs

1985 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisashi KURIBARA ◽  
Hirofumi HARAGUCHI ◽  
Sakutaro TADOKORO
Keyword(s):  
Lever Press ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Shuttle Avoidance ◽  
Acquisition Processes ◽  
Avoidance Responses

On problems of conditioning discriminated lever-press avoidance responses.

1960 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 224-228 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. Meyer ◽  
Chungsoo Cho ◽  
Ann F. Wesemann
Keyword(s):  
Lever Press ◽  
Avoidance Responses

CS-US Interval in the Trace Conditioning of an Avoidance Response

1963 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Pearl ◽  
Robert E. Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Avoidance Response ◽  
Lever Press ◽  
Trace Conditioning ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conditioning Procedure ◽  
Interval Group ◽  
Skinner Box ◽  
Avoidance Responses

To determine whether acquisition of an avoidance response with a trace conditioning procedure in the Skinner box could be facilitated by the use of long CS-US intervals, three groups of six rats each were trained at CS-US intervals of either 5, 20, or 60 sec. The CS was presented for 1 sec. unless it was ended beforehand by a lever press. The 5-sec. CS-US interval group made fewer avoidance responses and terminated the 1-sec. CS less often than each of the other groups. It was suggested that the differences in performance were due to initial differences in opportunity for making the appropriate response.

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