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. 1968 Summer;1(2):161–166. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1968.1-161

Operant control of eye movements1

Stephen R Schroeder 1, James G Holland 1
PMCID: PMC1310993  PMID: 16795173

Abstract

In a monitoring situation eye movements were required in order for signals to be presented. Detection of signals was the reinforcement. A multiple schedule of fixed-interval reinforcement, differential reinforcement of low rate, and fixed-ratio reinforcement was established for eye movements. Results demonstrated that an eye movement can act as an operant controlled by its consequences. Operant control of eye movements has important implications for human factor analysts concerned with “attention”.

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