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	Operant conditioning chamber
		Skinner, its inventor) is an experimental apparatus used by psychologists to study operant conditioning in animals.
		The structure forming the shell of a chamber is a three-dimensional box large enough to easily accommodate the organism (rat, pigeon, monkey, etc) serving as the subject in the research.
		The other minimal requirement of a conditioning chamber is that it have a means of delivering a primary reinforcer[?] or unconditioned stimulus[?] like food or water.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/op/Operant_conditioning_chamber.html (234 words)

	Operant conditioning
		The phrase 'operant conditioning' draws out a crucial distinction from pavlovian conditioning, which Skinner termed 'respondent' - namely that respondent conditioning, like the dog's salivation or the knee-jerk, has neither much effect on the environment, nor is its occurrence changed by its effectiveness or ineffectiveness in the environment.
		Operant conditioning, sometimes called "instrumental conditioning" or "instrumental learning", was first extensively studied by Edwin L. Thorndike[?] (1874-1949).
		In contrast to Thorndike's puzzle boxes, Skinner introduced free operant[?] technique via the use of operant conditioning chamber.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/op/Operant_conditioning.html (770 words)

	BEHAVIORISM, language and concepts
		An operant response is a behavior that is modifiable by its consequences.
		The chamber is connected to electronic equipment that records the animal's lever pressing or key pecking, thus allowing for the precise quantification of behavior.
		A conditioned stimulus in Pavlovian conditioning is an initially neutral stimulus that is paired with the unconditioned stimulus.
	skeptically.org /scpsy/id9.html (3112 words)

	Operant conditioning in insects - a test case
		The occurrence of both operant and classical conditioning is well-attested in insects: there is much more data available than for the various phyla of worms.
		In operant conditioning, the association was between its behaviour (B) and a "punishing" unconditioned stimulus (US); in classical conditioning, between a visual pattern on the cylindrical panorama (CS) and the US.
		Whereas in the pure operant conditioning experiments, the fly had to restrict its range and continuously turn to one side to avoid the heat, in flight simulator mode, it simply had to keep its left and right yaw torque spikes within the safe zones.
	www.angelfire.com /linux/vjtorley/operantinsects2.html (1881 words)

	Abstracts of 1997 Conference Papers
		Male Wistar rats were exposed to the same series of tandem FR 1 VI schedules in an operant conditioning chamber responding on a lever for.1ml of a.3M sucrose solution and in a running wheel responding on a lever for the opportunity to run for 30 s.
		A conditional discrimination task followed reinforcers obtained from both alternatives in which a response to the red side-key was occasionally reinforced if the prior (sample) reinforcer was obtained from the dim alternative, and a response to the green side-key was occasionally reinforced if the sample reinforcer was obtained from the bright alternative.
		Depending on the condition, the delay period was short, intermediate, or long, and the probability was correspondingly low, intermediate, or high, but in all cases the average terminal link IRI was 32 s.
	sqab.psychology.org /abstracts-1997.html (7176 words)

	Carthage - Neuroscience - Research
		At the 2000 annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, they presented data involving a behavioral phenomenon known as learned irrelevance and the function of the hippocampus (Miller, Doherty, Chapleau, and Allen, SFN Abstracts, 2000).
		While the SBP is not a classical conditioning task, uncorrelated presentation of the tone while rats are performing on a FR8 schedule leads to a strong retardation during SBP training.
		Chapleau and Miller are currently working on a research project that is studying dopaminergic and serotonergic input to the hippocampus and the function of these neurotransmitter systems in encoding the irrelevant tone stimulus.
	www.carthage.edu /dept/neuro/barpress.html (268 words)

	Operant
		In an operant conditioning chamber, the experimenter can present reinforcers, such as a piece of food for a hungry rat or pigeon, according to a preset pattern.
		In an operant conditioning chamber, for example, a green light or a tone can be a signal to a rat that pressing the lever will be reinforced.
		In discussing classical conditioning, we saw that conditioning may become generalized; that is, a CR may occur in response to stimuli that are similar to the one used in training.
	www.ncstatecollege.edu /Webpub/Blewis/PSY110chp5/chp5supplement3.html (6214 words)

	Operant Conditioning
		In operant conditioning, an animal must first make a response; that response is usually preceded by a discriminative stimulus, and sometimes followed by a reinforcer.
		Operant conditioning occurs when the association of response and reinforcer causes the animal to make the response again later in a similar situation.The discriminative stimulus signals the animal that a response at a given time is likely to be reinforced.
		So, operant conditioning can be defined as a procedure in which a response followed by a stimulus recurs.
	peace.saumag.edu /faculty/Kardas/Courses/GPWeiten/C6Learning/Operant.html (357 words)

	Operant Conditioning
		Operant conditioning is changes in behaviours, such as an increase or decrease in the frequency of occurance, due to the consequences of these behaviours (Nye, 1992).
		It is important to understand the conditions under which a behaviour increases or decreases because we base our assumptions about people's attributes on observations of the frequency of the occurance of certain behaviours (Nye, 1992).
		Secondary, or conditioned, reinforcers are stimuli that are originally neutral, but become reinforcers through their association with primary reinforcers.
	evolution.massey.ac.nz /assign2/CM/oper.html (1227 words)

	LEARNING AND SHAPING LABORATORY
		Operant conditioning is the procedure where behavior is controlled by what happens after the behavior; that is, its consequences. In other words what happens if an animal does X and is this result of behavior X desirable or not to the animal?
		Note that to tell whether a stimulus or event is reinforcing or not, I look at the effect on behavior and not at the stimulus.
		Prior to "running" your rat in the operant conditioning chamber you will need to deprive your rat of food for 24 hours (Check with me before you do deprivation of this length of time). You will also need to keep track of your rat's weight so the rat does not lose weight.
	psych.hanover.edu /classes/neuropsychology/Syllabus/Labs/Shaping.html (134 words)

	Lesions of Periaqueductal Gray Dissociate-Conditioned Freezing From Conditioned Suppression Behavior in Rats -- ...
		behavioral response that is incompatible with the operant response.
		Kamin, L.J. Temporal and intensity characteristics of the conditioned stimulus.
		Functional inactivation of the lateral and basal nuclei of the amygdala by muscimol infusion prevents fear conditioning to an explicit CS and to contextual stimuli.
	www.learnmem.org /cgi/content/full/6/5/491 (3887 words)

	psy417syl
		This lab exercise is designed to demonstrate several basic operant conditioning phenomena and to allow you to become familiar with some of the general procedures followed in learning research.
		Sessions are conducted in an operant conditioning chamber equipped with two levers and a pellet dispenser (which delivers 45-mg food pellets).
		Conditions in each chamber are controlled by a Dell PIII microcomputer programmed with the MedState.
	people.uncw.edu /dworkins/psy417syl.htm (2151 words)

	Small N or Single-Subject Designs
		Tested individually in a small operant conditioning chamber equipped with a response lever, a houselight, and a floor of metal rods that could be electrified to deliver a brief shock to the rat’s feet (little pokes).
		This was similar to the standard condition, except that the teacher was present in the room and was instructed to prompt the subject to make peer interactions.
		Similar to the contrast condition, except that as in treatment 3, the teacher prompted for peer inteactions.
	userwww.service.emory.edu /~evanman/smallnlect.html (1505 words)

	Measuring Behavior 2000: Zarcone et al.
		Life Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, U.S.A. Measurement of operant behavior in laboratory rodents is usually accomplished with a lever-switch ensemble that detects lever depressions of sufficient force to close the switch.
		We have constructed a manipulandum that uses an isometric force transducer to measure the force of operant response as the mouse presses it nose against a smooth, flat disk.
		Combining this manipulandum with an operant-conditioning chamber has allowed us to measure nose presses directly reinforced with food presentation (Fixed Ratio 1), as well as anticipatory nose presses made during signaled conditions prior to the reinforcement period.
	www.noldus.com /events/mb2000/program/abstracts/zarcone.html (464 words)

	Methodology in the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
		While quite a bit of research in conditioning and learning is conducted using human subjects in applied settings, most of it is conducted using rats, pigeons and non-human primates (monkeys and apes) as subjects.
		What operant conditioning experimentation is all about is the experimenter controls the conditions that confront the organism, records the resulting behavior, and compares this behavior to the behavior of organisms under other conditions, or this same organism before these conditioning were in effect.
		If the basic goals of conditioning theory are viable, then knowing this past history (the reason for building it in) should allow the experimenter to predict what the pigeon will do in the future.
	employees.csbsju.edu /tcreed/pb/methods.html (1845 words)

	Emergence of Instrumental & Operant Learning Theory -Scientific Areas Relevant to Modern PsychiatryBehavioral & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He placed a cat in an enclosed chamber and attached a vertical pole in the center of the compartment to a rope that passed over several pulleys.
		Thorndike described this as an instrumental conditioning process because the pole tilting was instrumental in releasing the cat from the chamber and permitting access to a reward.
		In operant behavior, typically no stimulus was presented before an operant response that “caused” the behavior to occur (ie, there was no conditioned stimulus).
	psychiatry.healthse.com /psy/more/emergence_of_instrumental_operant_learning_theory (984 words)

	Behavioral Psychology -
		For example, Skinner fixed an operant conditioning chamber to give food pellets when the rat pressed a lever but only if a signal light was on.
		Simple behaviors are conditioned then combined through shaping, secondary reinforcement, and various other reinforcement schedules.
		Performing behaviors in acquisition trials used in classical and operant conditioning are not necessary for learning.
	web.umr.edu /~pfyc212b/behaviorism.htm (1585 words)

	Med Associates Inc: Classic Mouse Operant Conditioning Chamber (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		MED Associates is pleased to re-introduce our classic mouse operant conditioning chamber.
		An advantage of this size over our other chamber sizes is the smaller area provides less distractions for the mouse thus improving shaping and performance.
		This modular mouse chamber features three 1.5” (38.1 mm) wide channels on both end walls for easy and convenient placement of any mouse accessory, including nose pokes, ultra-sensitive standard levers, stimulus modules, and reinforcement devices.
	www.med-associates.com /behavior/chambers/classic.htm (517 words)

	Facilities, Psychology Department, Bloomsburg University
		These chambers are controlled by a Gateway computer and Coulbourn Instruments WinLink Interface system.
		The department has three rooms devoted to performing research in the area of operant conditioning and neuroscience.
		Two of the rooms each contain 8 operant conditioning chambers for rats and pigeons that are controlled by computers and Coulbourn Instruments Lab Linc Interface System.
	departments.bloomu.edu /psych/faciliti.htm (336 words)

	Mouse Operant Conditioning Chamber Model MED-307A
		This package is ideally suited to drug addiction studies using cocaine or similar compounds.
		It features a standard melamine sound attenuating cubicle with modular test chamber, house light, two standard response levers, two stimulus lights, and a 20 mg pellet dispenser.
		One feature not included, but one that can be easily added, is grid floor shock to stress the animal.
	www.geneq.com /catalog/en/mocc.html (285 words)

	Operant Chambers
		In stock are manually operated chambers for instructional applications.
		In the 1970s we made the OPCON 100D, a portable, self contained electronic operant chamber designed for class demonstration, teaching and research.
		It could be carried like a small piece of luggage and was capable of all the major schedules including ratios, intervals, chains etc. Now, with a programmable micro controller, it could be even more versatile and cost-effective.
	www.pipeline.com /~lifesciassoc/feeders/chambers.htm (328 words)

	Reboxetine: Attenuation of Intravenous Nicotine Self-Administration in Rats -- Rauhut et al. 303 (2): 664 -- Journal of ...
		For the locomotor activity experiment, a custom-made wooden chamber (30 × 28 × 43 cm high) was used.
		rats were reintroduced to the operant conditioning chamber.
		in the operant conditioning chamber for sucrose pellet reinforcement.
	jpet.aspetjournals.org /cgi/content/full/303/2/664 (6368 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Telegraph keys were once used in the study of operant conditioning with pigeons.
		Skinner at Harvard University, the keys were mounted vertically behind a small circular hole about the height of a pigeon's beak in the front wall of an operant conditioning chamber.
		Electromechanical recording equipment detected the closing of the switch whenever the pigeon pecked the key.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=telegraph_key (770 words)

	Vanderbilt Murine Neurobehavioral Lab Shared Resource Equipment: Locomotor Chambers
		We have a total of 8 operant chambers.
		Each operant chamber is a complete test station.
		Note: To use the operant conditioning chambers you must have an active Account with the Murine Neurobehavioral Lab and reserve time using our on-line Scheduling calendar.
	kc.vanderbilt.edu /mnlcore/operant.html (97 words)

	Med Associates Inc: MedState Laboratory Applications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Med Associates is pleased to announce our new single-station operant conditioning chamber and Standalone USB Interface package.
		This inexpensive standalone interface package is great for student labs or when only one chamber is needed.
		Each student can run an operant conditioning chamber directly from his or her own laptop.
	www.med-associates.com /software/medStudent.htm (969 words)

	Sleep Deprivation Causes Behavioral, Synaptic, and Membrane Excitability Alterations in Hippocampal Neurons -- ...
		Moyer JR, Thompson LT, Disteroft JF (1996) Trace eyeblink conditioning increases CA1 excitability in a transient and learning-specific manner.
		Phillips RG, LeDoux JE (1992) Differential contribution of amygdala and hippocampus to cued and contextual fear conditioning.
		Sandi C, Merino JJ, Cordero MI, Touyarot K, Venero C (2001) Effects of chronic stress on contextual fear conditioning and the hippocampal expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule, its polysialylation, and L1.
	www.jneurosci.org /cgi/content/full/23/29/9687 (5657 words)

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