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Albino rats were trained in a two-bar lag reinforcement schedule in which previous response sequences could not be repeated, and were then switched to a fixed-ratio two-bar schedule of reinforcement in which previous response sequences could be repeated. The effects of i.p. injections of 0.5 g/kg alcohol were noted for each schedule of reinforcement. Fourier frequency spectra of response rates were dependent upon both the alcohol treatment and the reinforcement schedule.
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Crow, L.T. Alcohol effects on operant-rate frequency spectra are schedule-dependent. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 28, 445–447 (1990). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334063
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