Within-session transitions in choice: a structural and quantitative analysis.

Abstract:

:The present study used within-session transitions between two concurrent schedules to evaluate choice in transition. Eight female Long-Evans rats were trained to respond under concurrent schedules of reinforcement during experimental sessions that lasted 22 hr. The generalized matching equation was used to model steady-state behavior at the end of each session, while transitional behavior that emerged following the change in reinforcement schedules was modeled using a logistic equation. The generalized matching and logistic equations were appropriate models for behavior generated during single-session transitions. A local analysis of behavior on the two response alternatives during acquisition was used to determine the source of preference as revealed in response ratios. The number of "low-response" visits, those containing three to five responses, remained stable. Preference ratios largely reflected a sharp increase in the number of visits with long response bouts on the rich alternative and a decrease in the number of such visits to the leaner alternative.

journal_name

J Exp Anal Behav

authors

Banna KM,Newland MC

doi

10.1901/jeab.2009.91-319

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-05-01 00:00:00

pages

319-35

issue

3

eissn

0022-5002

issn

1938-3711

journal_volume

91

pub_type

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