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Three problems bearing on the utility of the rat’s tongue lick were attacked with provisional success: first, slight modification of an extant operandum-feeder afforded a simple and flexible means of measuring, and reinforcing the licking operant; second, Ss’ performances on FR schedules demonstrated that the tongue-lick, while possessing respondent properties, is unequivocally a “free” operant; and third, gross examination of 10 rats’ tongues following 55,000 to 127,000 licking responses revealed no observable deleterious changes. Several applications are suggested.
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Justesen, D.R., Levinson, D.M. & Daley, M. A modification of the Hulse lickerandum: Preliminary studies and suggested applications. Psychon Sci 7, 111–112 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328489
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