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Behavioral regulation of gravity - Schedule effects under escape-avoidance proceduresSquirrel monkeys were restrained in a centrifuge capsule and trained to escape and avoid increases in artificial gravity. During escape-avoidance, lever responses reduced centrifugally simulated gravity or postponed scheduled increases. The effect of variation in the interval of postponement (equal to the duration of decrease produced by escape responses) was studied under a multiple schedule of four components. Three components were gravity escape-avoidance with postponement times of 20, 40, and 60 sec. The fourth component was extinction. Each component was associated with a different auditory stimulus. Rate of responding decreased with increasing postponement time and higher mean g-levels occurred at shorter intervals of postponement. Effects of the schedule parameter on response rate and mean g-level were similar to effects of the schedule on free-operant avoidance and on titration behavior maintained by shock.
Document ID
19740031589
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Clark, F. C.
(Mississippi, University University, Miss., United States)
Lange, K. O.
(Kentucky, University Lexington, Ky., United States)
Belleville, R. E.
(National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, Washington D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
November 1, 1973
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Volume: 20
Subject Category
Biosciences
Accession Number
74A14339
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGL-18-001-003
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGR-34-003-041
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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