Figure 2.
Progressive ratio breakpoints engendered by food reinforcers (filled bars) or obtained under extinction conditions (open bars). The first determination occurred after 24 sessions of limited-access for all groups, while the second determination occurred after either 40 more sessions of limited-access (left panels) or 40 sessions of extended-access (right panels). Nose-poke responses were reinforced with sucrose pellets (A) or liquid food (B and C), and lever-press responses were reinforced with liquid food (D and E). Each bar represents the mean breakpoint achieved (± SEM) from groups where N=6.