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RATS' LEVER‐PRESS DURATIONS AS PSYCHOPHYSICAL JUDGMENTS OF TIME1

Abstract

Hungry rats received food following lever-press durations exceeding a minimum value, which ranged from 0 to 6.4 sec. When no intertrial intervals separated successive presses, modal press durations remained at very short values as the minimum value required for food was increased. This was particularly true immediately after a food presentation. When an 8-sec intertrial interval followed each lever release, modal press durations were always at …

Authors

Platt JR; Kuch DO; Bitgood SC

Journal

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 239–250

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

3 1973

DOI

10.1901/jeab.1973.19-239

ISSN

0022-5002