The effects of cocaine on behavior maintained by timeout from avoidance

Article Abstract:

A study of the effects of cocaine on low- and high-rate behavior in two groups of rats trained under concurrent schedules reveals that timeout maintains the huge enhancements in behavior that are dose-dependent in both groups. Cocaine increases avoidance responding to a lesser extent. Response rates increase across a wide dose range for behavior maintained by ratio schedules or interval, indicating that the effects of stimulant drugs on shock-postponement schedule-maintained- and timeout from avoidance-maintained behavior are different.

Psychological aspects, Analysis, Cocaine, Behaviorism (Psychology), Behaviorism

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Ellen P. Reese (1926-1997): teacher, mentor, and respectful student of human and nonhuman animal behavior

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Retired Mount Holyoke College's Professor of Psychology Ellen Hayward Pulford Reese died of terminal emphysema on April 2, 1997. From the time she enrolled as a freshman in 1954 until she retired as a Norma Cutts Dafoe Professor of Psychology in 1994, Ellen Reese spent her entire career at Mount Holyoke College. She published over 30 books and articles, and seven education films and videotapes. She also received awards from the American Psychological Foundation for her lifelong dedication to psychology.

Biography, Reese, Ellen Hayward Pulford

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Food and cocaine self-administration by baboons: effects of alternatives

Article Abstract:

Research on baboon behavior shows that when presented with equal access to food pellets and cocaine, they prefer cocaine. Cocaine may therefore be considered a more effective economic substitute than a vehicle for food pellets.

Research, Drugs, Behavior, Dosage and administration, Ingestion, Drug administration and dosage, Baboons

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