scholarly journals Differential conditioning and subsequent choice: Partial vs. continuous reward

1966 ◽  
Vol 4 (11) ◽  
pp. 391-392
Author(s):  
H. Wayne Ludvigson
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah R. Zinner ◽  
Eddie Harmon-Jones ◽  
Patricia G. Devine ◽  
David M. Amodio

Author(s):  
L.S. Voskanyan ◽  
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I.V. Zverova ◽  
M.E. Mirgorodskaya ◽  
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The aim of the study was to identify the reasons for the personal use of vision correction tools by ophthalmologists and the importance of vision for the specialty. Materials and methods. An anonymous online survey was conducted, which was attended by 122 respondents, including 111 ophthalmologists. Results. The visual acuity of two eyes without correction among the respondents was 1.0 and higher in 51 people. The maximum corrected visual acuity with two eyes was: 1.0 and higher in 79 respondents; less than 1.0 to 0.7 inclusive in 12 (those who refrained from answering the question had uncorrected visual acuity of 1.0 and higher). More than half of the respondents (56) suffer from myopia. Among the respondents, 53 use point correction. Of the spectacle lenses, ophthalmologists prefer plastic ones more. 36 respondents use contact correction. Surgical interventions on the organ of vision were performed in 12 patients. All respondents noted that they do not have cataracts, glaucoma, diseases of the optic nerve and color perception disorders. The choice of specialty did not depend on the existing diseases of the visual organ in 101 doctors, 9 people noted the connection between the previous pathologies of the visual organ with the subsequent choice of profession. Conclusions. According to the results of the study, it is possible to note the high maximum corrected visual acuity of ophthalmologists. Despite this, some respondents experience inconveniences at work related to visual impairments. For themselves, ophthalmologists often choose eyeglass correction instead of contact. And of the spectacle lenses, they prefer plastic ones more. The reasons for the use of glasses or contact correction among doctors of this specialty are increased requirements for the quality of vision. Key words: ophthalmologist, myopia, vision, glasses.


1964 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter J. Donovick ◽  
Leonard E. Ross

The present investigation was concerned with the reduction of inhibition associated with the negative discriminandum in a single stimulus discrimination learning situation. In Phase I 33 female rats were trained on a black-white discrimination problem. In the second phase Ss were divided into three groups which received: (a) 100% reinforcement to both the old positive and negative discriminanda; (b) four trials per day to the old negative, 100% reward; (c) eight trials per day to the old negative, 100% reward. As in previous studies, which employed simultaneous discrimination learning conditions, speed to the old negative remained significantly below speed to the old positive in the second phase. However, unlike the previous results, the difference decreased over trials. No differences were found between the groups that had trials to the old negative cue only, or between these groups and either speed to the old positive or the old negative in the case of the group receiving reward on both cues.


2009 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel T. Bishop ◽  
Costas I. Karageorghis ◽  
Noel P. Kinrade

The main objective of the current study was to examine the impact of musically induced emotions on athletes’ subsequent choice reaction time (CRT) performance. A random sample of 54 tennis players listened to researcher-selected music whose tempo and intensity were modified to yield six different music excerpts (three tempi × two intensities) before completing a CRT task. Affective responses, heart rate (HR), and RTs for each condition were contrasted with white noise and silence conditions. As predicted, faster music tempi elicited more pleasant and aroused emotional states; and higher music intensity yielded both higher arousal (p < .001) and faster subsequent CRT performance (p < .001). White noise was judged significantly less pleasant than all experimental conditions (p < .001); and silence was significantly less arousing than all but one experimental condition (p < .001). The implications for athletes’ use of music as part of a preevent routine when preparing for reactive tasks are discussed.


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