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ERIC Number: EJ927048
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-May
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-5002
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Resurgence of Temporal Patterns of Responding
Cancado, Carlos R. X.; Lattal, Kennon A.
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, v95 n3 p271-287 May 2011
The resurgence of temporal patterns of key pecking by pigeons was investigated in two experiments. In Experiment 1, positively accelerated and linear patterns of responding were established on one key under a discrete-trial multiple fixed-interval variable-interval schedule. Subsequently, only responses on a second key produced reinforcers according to a variable-interval schedule. When reinforcement on the second key was discontinued, positively accelerated and linear response patterns resurged on the first key, in the presence of the stimuli previously correlated with the fixed- and variable-interval schedules, respectively. In Experiment 2, resurgence was assessed after temporal patterns were directly reinforced. Initially, responding was reinforced if it approximated an algorithm-defined temporal pattern during trials. Subsequently, reinforcement depended on pausing during trials and, when it was discontinued, resurgence of previously reinforced patterns occurred for each pigeon and for 2 of 3 pigeons during a replication. The results of both experiments demonstrate the resurgence of temporally organized responding and replicate and extend previous findings on resurgence of discrete responses and spatial response sequences. (Contains 2 tables and 9 figures.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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