PMID- 6968817
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19810126
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0097-7403 (Print)
IS  - 0097-7403 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 4
DP  - 1980 Oct
TI  - Reinforcement and the organization of behavior in golden hamsters: brain 
      stimulation reinforcement for seven action patterns.
PG  - 352-75
AB  - Golden hamsters were reinforced with intracranial electrical stimulation of the 
      lateral hypothalamus (ICS) for spending time engaging in one of seven 
      topographically defined action patterns (APs). The stimulation used as reinforcer 
      elicited hoarding and/or feeding and supported high rates of bar pressing. In 
      Experiment 1, hamsters were reinforced successively for digging, open rearing, 
      and face washing. Digging increased most in time spent, and face washing 
      increased least. Experiments 2-5 examined these effects further and also showed 
      that "scrabbling," like digging, was performed a large proportion of the time, 
      almost without interruption, for contingent ICS but that scratching the body with 
      a hindleg and scent-marking showed relatively little effect of contingent ICS, 
      the latter even in an environment that facilitated marking. In Experiment 6, 
      naive hamsters received ICS not contingent on behavior every 30 sec (fixed-time 
      30-sec schedule). Terminal behaviors that developed on this schedule were APs 
      that were easy to reinforce in the other experiments, but a facultative behavior, 
      face washing, was one not so readily reinforced. Experiment 7 confirmed a novel 
      prediction from Experiment 6--that wall rearing, a terminal AP, would be 
      performed at a high level for contingent ICS. All together, the results point to 
      both motivational factors and associative factors being involved in the 
      considerable differences in performance among different reinforced activities.
FAU - Shettleworth, S J
AU  - Shettleworth SJ
FAU - Juergensen, M R
AU  - Juergensen MR
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - United States
TA  - J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process
JT  - Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes
JID - 7504289
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Behavior, Animal/*physiology
MH  - Cricetinae
MH  - Electric Stimulation
MH  - Female
MH  - Hypothalamus/*physiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Medial Forebrain Bundle/physiology
MH  - Mesocricetus
MH  - *Reinforcement, Psychology
EDAT- 1980/10/01 00:00
MHDA- 1980/10/01 00:01
CRDT- 1980/10/01 00:00
PHST- 1980/10/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1980/10/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1980/10/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1037//0097-7403.6.4.352 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process. 1980 Oct;6(4):352-75. doi: 
      10.1037//0097-7403.6.4.352.