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Nine rats with forebrain and hypothalamic electrodes were trained on a sensory discrimination task with S–intervals ranging from 12 to 60 sec. Their performance during a 48-h discrimination session was compared to that during a 48-h CRF session. The response measures showed that forebrain Ss performed more poorly than hypothalamic Ss during the discrimination session, even though performance of forebrain animals was better in the discrimination session than in the CRF session when time until the first 5-min pause was considered. In the CRF session, there was no difference in performance of forebrain and hypothalamic animals, except in terms of time till first pause. The results are discussed in terms of cumulative effects of forebrain and hypothalamic ESB.
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This research was supported in part by a United States Mental Health grant to Dr. G. Frommer, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, and a National Research Council of Canada grant to I. Lenzer. The authors are grateful to Dr. G. Frommer for financial assistance and for suggestions during the early stages of the experiment.
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Lenzer, I.I., White, C.A. Satiation effects in continuous reinforcement and successive sensory discrimination situations. Psychobiology 1, 77–82 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03326872
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