Amphetamine does not affect the partial punishment effect (PPE) |
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Authors: | I Weiner H Bercovitz J Feldon |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Psychology, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat-Aviv, Israel |
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Abstract: | The effects of amphetamine on the partial punishment effect (PPE) at one trial per day, were examined. Two groups of animals were trained to run in a straight alley. The continuously reinforced (CRF) group received food reward on every trial. The partially punished (PP) group received food reward on every trial but in addition, received footshocks of a gradually increasing intensity in the goal box on a random 50% of the trials. In the test stage, all animals received both food and footshock on each trial. dl-Amphetamine 1.5 mg/kg was administered in a 2 × 2 design, i.e. drug-no drug in training and drug-no drug in test. The partially punished animals exhibited increased persitence in running to the goal box during test, and this partial punishment effect was unaffected by amphetamine. |
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Keywords: | dl-Amphetamine Continuous reinforcement Partial punishment Resistance to punishment Rat |
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