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. 1974 Jul;22(1):215–218. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1974.22-215

Key pecking as a function of response-shock and shock-shock intervals in unsignalled avoidance1

João Claudio Todorov, Elenice A M Ferrari, Deisy G De Souza
PMCID: PMC1333259  PMID: 16811780

Abstract

Five pigeons were exposed to an unsignalled avoidance procedure where key pecks were maintained through shock postponement. Functions obtained showed an inverse relationship between rate of responding and length of the response-shock interval, while changes in the shock-shock interval had no systematic effect on response rates. The rate of shocks delivered generally decreased with increases in length of both response-shock and shock-shock intervals. Results show that key pecking in pigeons, maintained through an unsignalled avoidance procedure, was affected by changes in response-shock and shock-shock intervals in the same manner as other responses in pigeons and in rats.

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