Dissociating motoric and motivational effects of pharmacological manipulations on operant
behavior is a substantial challenge. To address this problem, we applied a response‐bout …

This paper reviews the evidence for nicotine-induced acceleration of the internal clock when
timing in the seconds-to-minutes timescale, and proposes an alternative explanation to this …

Background Deficient operant extinction has been hypothesized to be constitutive of ADHD
dysfunction. In order to elucidate the behavioral mechanisms underlying this deficit, the …

The distribution of response bout lengths and its sensitivity to differential reinforcement -
Brackney - 2015 - Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior - Wiley Online Library …

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a risk factor for tobacco use and dependence.
This study examines the responsiveness to nicotine of an adolescent model of ADHD, the …

Operant behavior appears to be organized in bouts of responses, whose parameters are
differentially sensitive to various manipulations. This study investigated potential differential …

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with increased risk of tobacco
dependence. Nicotine, the main psychoactive component of tobacco, appears to be …

Two experiments investigated possible interactions between existing equivalence relations
among stimuli and the acquisition of simple discriminations involving the same stimuli. …

Missouri's wrongful death statute provides for both compensatory damages and aggravating
circumstance damages. 1 Until recently, the law was unclear if aggravating circumstance …

Many behaviors are organized into bouts–brief periods of responding punctuated by pauses.
This dissertation examines the operant bouts of the lever pressing rat. Chapter 1 provides a …