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The topography of pigeons’ keypecking responses for food reinforcers is visibly different from the keypeck topography for water reinforcers. Previous methods of recording topographies have been complex and not without problems. A simple inexpensive modification of a standard pecking key permits the recording of two components of the topography in sufficient detail to allow the detection of these topographical differences.
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This work was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. The assistance of R. Summers and D. King in testing subjects is acknowledged.
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Skelton, R.W., Spetch, M.L. & Wilkie, D.M. A method for automatically recording topographical differences in pigeons’ keypecking for food and water reinforcers. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 12, 349–352 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03201672
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