Longer operant lever-press duration requirements induce fewer but longer response bouts in rats
Operant behavior is organized in bouts that are particularly visible under variable-interval (VI) schedules of reinforcement. Previous research showed that increasing the work required to produce a response decreases the rate at which bouts are emitted and increases the minimum interresponse time (I...
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2021
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