Abstract
Pigeons were trained to track different key colors, depending on whether they had been injected with phencyclidine or saline prior to the session. A second-order schedule was used to generate large numbers of responses prior to the initial food delivery. The procedure offers several advantages over traditional procedures for studying drug discrimination.
Keywords: drug discrimination, color tracking, second-order schedules, phencyclidine, pigeons
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