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operant chamber

operant chamber An operant chamber is a laboratory enclosure used to study instrumental behavior by arranging a response, such as pressing a lever, to produce a reward when a set requirement is met.

An operant chamber is a laboratory enclosure used to study instrumental behavior by arranging a response, such as pressing a lever, to produce a reward when a set requirement is met. In the supplied study, rats received rewarding brain stimulation in the chamber after enough cumulative lever-press time had been completed.

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Drafting source: Solomon Rebecca Brana; Conover Kent; Shizgal Peter. Valuation of opportunity costs by rats working for rewarding electrical brain stimulation. 2017; DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0182120; article XML SHA-256 e30384646f83fa8be1298b3d3d8535a44e973e9a343d7dbfb944623006f2787e. “Valuation of opportunity costs by rats working for rewarding electrical brain stimulation” (10.1371/journal.pone.0182120).
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