Percentage body weight and the successive negative contrast effect in rats

Elizabeth D. Capaldi, Ramadhar Singh

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Abstract

In two runway experiments employing rats the successive negative contrast effect was evaluated for animals maintained at high or low body weights. In both experiments the effects on performance of shifting reward magnitude were independent of body weight. These results contrast with those of previous studies in which the successive negative contrast effect occurred only under low body weight. It was suggested that when conditions are maximal or near maximal for production of the successive negative contrast effect, as they were here but not in previous investigations, body weight will not influence the size of this effect.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)405-416
Number of pages12
JournalLearning and Motivation
Volume4
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1973
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health(social science)
  • Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
  • Education
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology

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