Stimulus control of ring swimming was studied with male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) using 2-component multiple schedules in which the components were correlated with the presence or absence of air bubbles in the water. In Experiment 1, either response-independent mirror presentations or extinction was juxtaposed with immediate response-dependent mirror presentations. Rates of ring swimming generally were higher with immediate reinforcement than with either response-independent mirror presentations or extinction. In Experiment 2, different durations of response-dependent mirror presentations were juxtaposed. Generally, higher rates of ring swimming occurred with 15-s than with 0-, 1-, or 3-s durations. Results demonstrate that stimulus control of responding can be established with these fish under several conditions of differential reinforcement.
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%1 citeulike:364620
%A Wirth, O.
%A Lattal, K. A.
%A Hopko, S.
%C Department of Psychology, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University, USA. owirth@cdc.gov
%D 2003
%J J Comp Psychol
%K discrimination pdfcopy schedules mirror stimulus-control operant reinforcement hardcopy betta-splendens duration contingency
%N 1
%P 111--118
%T Using visual reinforcement to establish stimulus control of responding of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens).
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12735371
%V 117
%X Stimulus control of ring swimming was studied with male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens) using 2-component multiple schedules in which the components were correlated with the presence or absence of air bubbles in the water. In Experiment 1, either response-independent mirror presentations or extinction was juxtaposed with immediate response-dependent mirror presentations. Rates of ring swimming generally were higher with immediate reinforcement than with either response-independent mirror presentations or extinction. In Experiment 2, different durations of response-dependent mirror presentations were juxtaposed. Generally, higher rates of ring swimming occurred with 15-s than with 0-, 1-, or 3-s durations. Results demonstrate that stimulus control of responding can be established with these fish under several conditions of differential reinforcement.
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title = {Using visual reinforcement to establish stimulus control of responding of Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens).},
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