Instrumental uncertainty as a determinant of behavior under interval schedules of reinforcement

Interval schedules of reinforcement are known to generate habitual behavior, the performance of which is less sensitive to revaluation of the earned reward and to alterations in the action-outcome contingency. Here we report results from experiments using different types of interval schedules of re...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alicia DeRusso, David Fan, Jay Gupta, Oksana Shelest, Rui M Costa, Henry H Yin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2010-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience
Subjects:
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnint.2010.00017/full