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Within-session modulation of timed anticipatory responding: when to start responding.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20600698     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The peak procedure is widely used in the study of interval timing with animals. Multiple timing measures can be derived from peak responding. These measures are typically presented as averages across many trials based on the implicit assumption that peak responding is stable throughout the session. We tested this assumption by examining whether peak responding changed over the course of the session in 45 mice that were trained on a fixed-interval 30-s schedule. All common measures of peak responding, except stop times, changed over the course of the session: start times increased, response rates and spreads decreased, and, although less reliably, peak times also shifted rightward. These results are congruent with a motivational interpretation, whereby increased satiety leads to the observed behavioral signature of within-session modulation of timed anticipatory responding.
Authors:
Fuat Balci; Elliot A Ludvig; Dani Brunner
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-06-30
Journal Detail:
Title:  Behavioural processes     Volume:  85     ISSN:  1872-8308     ISO Abbreviation:  Behav. Processes     Publication Date:  2010 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-08-30     Completed Date:  2010-12-16     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7703854     Medline TA:  Behav Processes     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  204-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Affiliation:
Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. fbalci@princeton.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Anticipation, Psychological / physiology*
Conditioning, Operant / physiology
Data Interpretation, Statistical
Food
Male
Mice
Mice, Inbred C3H
Reinforcement Schedule
Reward

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