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. 1972 Mar;17(2):229–235. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1972.17-229

Schedule control of the vocal behavior of Cebus monkeys1

J David Leander, Michael A Milan, Kathleen B Jasper, Kathleen L Heaton
PMCID: PMC1333963  PMID: 16811585

Abstract

The vocal behavior of three Cebus monkeys was maintained by fixed-ratio schedules of response dependent reinforcement at values between fixed-ratio 1 and fixed-ratio 15. In one monkey that was exposed to variable-interval, fixed-interval, and conjunctive fixed-ratio fixed-interval schedules of reinforcement, vocal responding occurred at a low rate, but schedule-appropriate patterns were maintained. The rates and patterns of responding engendered indicated that the vocal operant can be brought under schedule control in the monkey by the use of response-dependent reinforcement.

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