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@article{citeulike:841649, abstract = {In two experiments, humans received tokens either on a fixed-interval schedule for plunger pulling or various response-nondependent fixed-time schedules ranging from 16 to 140 seconds. Locomotor activity such as walking, shifting weight, or pacing was recorded in quarters of the interreinforcement interval to examine the induced characteristics of that behavior in humans. While performance was variable, several characteristics were present that have counterparts in experiments with nonhumans during periodic schedules of food reinforcement: (a) first quarter rates, and sometimes overall rates, of locomotor activity were greater during intervals that terminated in a visual stimulus and token delivery than those without: (b) overall rates of locomotor activity were greater during fixed-time 16-second schedules than during fixed-time 80- or 140-second schedules; (c) rates of locomotor activity decreased during the interreinforcement intervals; (d) locomotor activity was induced by response-dependent and response-nondependent token delivery. These results showed that the rate and temporal pattern of locomotor activity can be schedule-induced in humans.}, author = {Muller, P. G. and Crow, R. E. and Cheney, C. D.}, citeulike-article-id = {841649}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1979.31-83}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/429959}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=429959}, doi = {10.1901/jeab.1979.31-83}, issn = {0022-5002}, journal = {J Exp Anal Behav}, keywords = {pacing, pdfcopy, schedules, stereotypy, thesis2006}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {83--90}, posted-at = {2006-09-13 08:34:37}, priority = {2}, title = {Schedule-induced locomotor activity in humans.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1979.31-83}, volume = {31}, year = {1979} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:841649 L3 - citeulike-article-id:841649 N2 - In two experiments, humans received tokens either on a fixed-interval schedule for plunger pulling or various response-nondependent fixed-time schedules ranging from 16 to 140 seconds. Locomotor activity such as walking, shifting weight, or pacing was recorded in quarters of the interreinforcement interval to examine the induced characteristics of that behavior in humans. While performance was variable, several characteristics were present that have counterparts in experiments with nonhumans during periodic schedules of food reinforcement: (a) first quarter rates, and sometimes overall rates, of locomotor activity were greater during intervals that terminated in a visual stimulus and token delivery than those without: (b) overall rates of locomotor activity were greater during fixed-time 16-second schedules than during fixed-time 80- or 140-second schedules; (c) rates of locomotor activity decreased during the interreinforcement intervals; (d) locomotor activity was induced by response-dependent and response-nondependent token delivery. These results showed that the rate and temporal pattern of locomotor activity can be schedule-induced in humans. IS - 1 JF - J Exp Anal Behav SN - 0022-5002 EP - 90 TI - Schedule-induced locomotor activity in humans. VL - 31 SP - 83 KW - pacing KW - pdfcopy KW - schedules KW - stereotypy KW - thesis2006 AU - Muller, PG AU - Crow, RE AU - Cheney, CD PY - 1979/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1979.31-83 ER -