Comparative effects of food and water deprivation on movement patterns in the pigeon (Columba Livia)

Allan, Robert W.; Matthews, T. James

doi:10.1016/0376-6357(89)90010-7

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“…Both retreat and pacing were almost completely absent with water presentations in the initial water condition and minimal in the water condition that followed the food condition. This observation is in accordance with that ofInnis et al (1983) and Reberg et al (1978), who also found that their subjects almost never spent any time away from the water area, but is in disagreement with Allan and Matthews (1989), who observed persistent retreat in the water condition. This difference may be related to procedural differences with respect to the control of the motivational levels.…”

Section: Apparatussupporting

confidence: 90%

“…Phase-order effects (Allan & Matthews, 1989;Boakes et aI., 1978;Reberg et aI., 1978) may have been observed in this experiment. Pecking and, to a lesser extent, interim behavior were elevated following exposure to the food condition.…”

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confidence: 48%

“…Although these results are in agreement with those of Reberg et al (1978) and , Allan and Matthews also found that, on water trials, pigeons tended to linger at the rear of the chamber rather than toward the ues source at the front as previously reported. Allan and Matthews (1989) also reported that the form and vigor of behavior established under one motivator can "carryover" to the behavior observed under a second motivator. Specifically, when animals were first exposed to the water procedure, activity in the rear of the chamber was quite high, and when they were switched to the food condition, high activity in the rear of the chamber was maintained, although it was modified in terms of temporal distribution.…”

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“…Innis, Reberg, Mann, Jacobson, and Turton (1983) reported similar findings using longer FT schedules, and suggested that, on water trials, subjects seem to remain in a "water state" through the lSI, whereas early on food trials, they are in a "nonfood" state and so leave the hopper area and engage in other activities. Allan and Matthews (1989) studied food and water UCSs on FT 30-sec schedules and measured locomotor interim behavior with a floorboard similar to the one used in the present experiments. In the food condition, they reliably observed a "retreat" to the rear ofthe chamber early in the lSI and "pacing" during the midportion ofthe trial.…”

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“…Interim behavior was defined as locomotor activity measured by a segmented floorboard (similar to that used by Allan &Matthews, 1989, andLerer, 1987). To add a measure of terminal behavior, we used autoshaped keypecking to a brightening keylight stimulus "ramp" (Ferster & Skinner, 1957;Matthews & Lerer, 1987), which signaled time to the UCS presentation.…”

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Sexual reinforcement in the female rat was studied in a preparation that allowed continuous operant responding for access to a male rat leading to intromission. Experiment 1 used a high operant level nose-poke response to test the possible reinforcing effects of some components of access to a male. A simple tone stimulus used as a conditioned reinforcer and two odor stimuli, target male bedding and emulsified preputial gland, were tested. None of these contingent events altered responding above or below operant level. Access to the male, which was always accompanied by intromission, immediately increased response rate when it was made contingent upon the nose-poke response. Performance on fixed-ratio schedules was erratic, and response rate was low in comparison to typical food-reinforced responding. An interresponse-time analysis indicated, however, that some effect of the ratio contingency may have been present. In Experiment 2, several modifications of the procedure were tested with the objective of creating a more tractable preparation for behavior analysis. Response type and the hormone delivery method were changed, and 2 target males were used instead of 1. The latter tripled the average number of reinforcers earned in a single session. Differences between sexual and other reinforcers are discussed in terms of procedural, quantitative, and motivational aspects of the sexual reinforcement procedure.

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Stereotypy of spatial movements during noncontingent and contingent reinforcement

Silva

Pear

1995

Animal Learning & Behavior

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The degree of stereotypy in the movement patterns of 3 pigeons during noncontingent and contingent periodic food reinforcement was quantified by analyzingthe distribution of turning angles, and by using information and Fourier analyses. The results indicated that (1) movement patterns were less stereotyped during noncontingent than during contingent reinforcement, (2) a reversal to noncontingent reinforcement resulted in a degree of stereotypy comparable to that during the first phase of noncontingent reinforcement, (3) movement patterns were maximally stereotyped immediately after food withdrawal and generally became less stereotyped as reinforcement approached, regardless of whether reinforcement was noncontingent or contingent, and (4) higher frequency movements generally accounted for more variance in the movements during contingent than during noncontingent reinforcement. Greater stereotypy in the movements during contingent reinforcement was likely due to a greater probability that similar movements were reinforced during contingent reinforcement. Momentary changes in the stereotypy of the movements within the interfood interval might reflect changes in the level of arousal.

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Comparative effects of food and water deprivation on movement patterns in the pigeon (Columba Livia)

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Motivational mechanisms and schedule-induced behavioral stereotypy

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Stereotypy of spatial movements during noncontingent and contingent reinforcement

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