%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.

@article{RefWorks:211, 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.}, added-at = {2008-03-11T05:12:07.000+0100}, author = {Goldstein, Stephen R.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2f98302f9d4569a60e81f3ff8b917120a/toby}, interhash = {ef834af1a4430f6e514847d4909745aa}, intrahash = {f98302f9d4569a60e81f3ff8b917120a}, journal = {Psychonomic Science}, keywords = {betta-splendens mirror operant reinforcement}, 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 }