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Odum, Amy L.; Ward, Ryan D. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2004
Recent experiments suggest that the effects of drugs of abuse on the discrimination of the passage of time may differ for experimenter-imposed and subject-produced events. The current experiment examined this suggestion by determining the effects of morphine on the discrimination of interresponse times (IRTs). Pigeons pecked a center key on a…
Descriptors: Responses, Drug Abuse, Intervals, Animals
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Ward, Ryan D.; Odum, Amy L. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
Discrepant effects of drugs on behavior maintained by temporal-discrimination procedures make conclusive statements about the neuropharmacological bases of timing difficult. The current experiment examined the possible contribution of a general, drug-induced disruption of stimulus control. Four pigeons responded on a three-component multiple…
Descriptors: Drug Use, Intervals, Disabilities, Pharmacology