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Three experiments, carried out to examine ethanol-induced response stereotypy, noted the rat’s performance on a two-bar operant alternation task, on a fixed-interval 10-sec schedule of reinforcement, and on two-bar response-location variability. Low and moderate (.5–1.2 g/kg) doses reduced the number of errors in simple alternation, whereas higher doses (1.5 g/kg) increased errors. The change in rate of responding (scallop) within the fixed interval of reinforcement was reduced by moderate doses, but no relationship was found between ethanol doses and response-location variability. The results are discussed as they relate to similar findings with alcohol and other drug treatments.
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Devenport, L. D., Merriman, V. J., & Holloway, F. A. Promotion of stereotypy by alcohol. Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Los Angeles, 1981.
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Crow, L.T. Ethanol-induced response stereotypy: Simple alternation, fixed-interval rates of response, and response location. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 19, 169–172 (1982). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330221
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