Title :

Timeout from a high-force requirement as a reinforcer: An effective procedure for human operant research

Author(s) :

Alessandri, Jerome [Auteur]
Unité de Recherche en Sciences Cognitives et Affectives [URECA]
Riviere, Vinca [Auteur]

Journal title :

Behavioural Processes

Abbreviated title :

Behavioural Processes

Volume number :

99

Pages :

1-6

Publisher :

Elsevier BV

Publication date :

2013-10

ISSN :

0376-6357

English keyword(s) :

Humans
Self-control
Timeout from a high-force requirement
Negative reinforcement

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Psychologie

English abstract : [en]

A procedure to study human operant conditioning is described using a timeout from a high-force requirement as reinforcer when a high force response was required. Experiment 1 reported evidence that a timeout from a high-force ...
Show more >A procedure to study human operant conditioning is described using a timeout from a high-force requirement as reinforcer when a high force response was required. Experiment 1 reported evidence that a timeout from a high-force requirement acted as a reinforcer and a second experiment demonstrated sensitivity to delay to escape from the force requirement as a parameter of choice in a self-control paradigm. The results of the two experiments indicate a functional similarity between unconditioned reinforcers (e.g., food) used in nonhuman subjects and the present reinforcer, demonstrating that the present procedure is well-suited to study operant conditioning in humans.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
CNRS
CHU Lille

Collections :

• Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2020-03-27T12:36:04Z
2020-03-30T13:29:07Z
2020-04-29T15:17:46Z