Thompson has demonstrated that siamese fighting fish will learn to swim through a ring if this response is immediately followed by mirror-image presentation. The present study successfully repeats this demonstration and shows, through the use of yoked and operant-control groups, that the effect cannot be accounted for by an enhancement of general activity, though such a factor appears to exert a small, though not insignificant, effect on operant responding.
%0 Journal Article
%1 RefWorks:211
%A Goldstein, Stephen R.
%D 1967
%J Psychonomic Science
%K betta-splendens mirror operant reinforcement
%T Mirror Image as a Reinforcer in Siamese Fighting Fish: a Repetition with Additional Controls
%X Thompson has demonstrated that siamese fighting fish will learn to swim through a ring if this response is immediately followed by mirror-image presentation. The present study successfully repeats this demonstration and shows, through the use of yoked and operant-control groups, that the effect cannot be accounted for by an enhancement of general activity, though such a factor appears to exert a small, though not insignificant, effect on operant responding.
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abstract = {Thompson has demonstrated that siamese fighting fish will learn to swim through a ring if this response is immediately followed by mirror-image presentation. The present study successfully repeats this demonstration and shows, through the use of yoked and operant-control groups, that the effect cannot be accounted for by an enhancement of general activity, though such a factor appears to exert a small, though not insignificant, effect on operant responding.},
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author = {Goldstein, Stephen R.},
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journal = {Psychonomic Science},
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timestamp = {2008-03-11T05:12:07.000+0100},
title = {Mirror Image as a Reinforcer in Siamese Fighting Fish: a Repetition with Additional Controls},
year = 1967
}