An Attempt to Establish Secondary Reinforcement with Rewarding Brain Stimulation

Bibliographic Data

ID13675177
AuthorsGordon J Mogenson (University of Saskatchewan, corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume16
Issue1
Pages163-167
Publication date1965-02-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1965.16.1.163
PMID14283953
OpenAlexW1972932875
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited9

Previous attempts to demonstrate secondary reinforcement with rewarding brain stimulation as the primary reinforcer have yielded contradictory results. Further investigation of this problem seemed warranted especially in view of the potential importance of the secondary reinforcement procedure in the investigation of neural associative processes during learning. It was found that a peripheral stimulus, which had been paired with rewarding brain stimulation, did not acquire secondary reinforcing properties. Several reasons were suggested to account for the failure to demonstrate secondary reinforcement

Brain stimulation · Brain stimulation reward · Central nervous system · Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Nucleus accumbens · Reinforcement · Reinforcement learning · Stimulation · Stimulus (psychology · Artificial Intelligence · Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder · Computer Science · EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces · Neuroscience · Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology