Effects of Past and Upcoming Response-Force Requirements on Fixed-Ratio Pausing

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• Personal Author:
  Perone M ; Wade-Galuska T ; Wirth, Oliver
• Description:
  Four rats obtained food by pressing a lever 30 times in each component of a two-component multiple schedule. Across conditions, the force required to press the lever was increased in one component and held constant in the other. Pausing at the outset of each component was controlled by both the past and upcoming force requirements: Pauses were longer when the upcoming requirement was high and this effect was intensified when the past requirement was low. In concert with previous research, the results support the general proposition that behavior is disrupted by abrupt, discriminable transitions from favorable to unfavorable schedule conditions, across a range of subjects and operational definitions of favorability. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Animals Behavior Laboratories Mental Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Animal-studies Author Keywords: Escape Behavior-patterns Behavioral-testing Controlled-environment Fixed Ratio Food Deprivation Laboratory-animals Multiple Schedule Pause Psychological-adaptation Psychological-reactions Response Effort

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• ISSN:
  0376-6357
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  91-95
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20025899
• Citation:
  Behav Processes 2005 Jan; 68(1):91-95
• Contact Point Address:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505, USA
• Email:
  twadegal@umich.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• NORA Priority Area:
  Disease and Injury: Musculoskeletal Disorders of the Upper Extremities
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Behavioural Processes
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8a4509b67adb7aa857f61db2f2e95ff52ea107fc9f01e633f2304af2f50803d0c8f8686e18229aa6ecec74fcf2cc14a9bcbcd13f90b74c31264b90d4b0773710
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197082/cdc_197082_DS1.pdf
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