Choice behavior in spontaneously hypertensive rats: Variable vs. fixed schedules of reinforcement |
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Authors: | Vladimir Orduñ a,Ana Garcí a |
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Affiliation: | a Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México D.F. 04510, Mexico b Departamento de Farmacobiología, Cinvestav, Sede Sur, México D.F. 14330, Mexico |
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Abstract: | Spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and Wistar rats were evaluated in the successive-encounters procedure (an operant simulation of natural foraging) with the idea of assessing differences between them in their preference for variable schedules of reinforcement. In this procedure, after satisfying a schedule of reinforcement associated with search time, the subjects could “accept” or “reject” another schedule of reinforcement associated with handling time. Two schedules of reinforcement were available: a fixed interval (FI), and a variable interval (VI) with the same mean value. The results indicated preference for the variable schedule in both strains, as suggested by the observation that the VI was always accepted while the FI was often rejected. The difference in FI acceptability between strains was not statistically significant, a result which is relevant for the current debate of SHR as an adequate animal model of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. |
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Keywords: | ADHD Choice Hyperbolic-decay model Impulsivity Spontaneously hypertensive rat Successive-encounters procedure |
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