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. 1971 Jan;15(1):123–127. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1971.15-123

A rapid automatic technique for generating operant key-press behavior in rats1

Arnold B Davidson, Dixon J Davis, Leonard Cook
PMCID: PMC1333789  PMID: 16811484

Abstract

Experimentally naive rats were trained to key press on a fixed-ratio 10 schedule of food reinforcement by a completely automatic procedure within a single, 1-hr session. Control procedures demonstrated that the resulting behavior was an operant, under control of the schedule of reinforcement and the specified reinforcing stimulus (food). A simple, combination food-tray operandum, also described, was used as the basis for the training technique.

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