Neural events in the reinforcement contigency (2007)
- Authors:
- Autor USP: SILVA, MARIA TERESA DE ARAUJO - IP
- Unidade: IP
- DOI: 10.1007/bf03392140
- Subjects: NEUROCIÊNCIAS; ANÁLISE DO COMPORTAMENTO; CONDICIONAMENTO OPERANTE; ESQUEMAS DE REFORÇO
- Language: Português
- Abstract: When neural events are analyzed as stimuli and responses, functional relations among them and among overt stimuli and responses can be unveiled. The integration of neuroscience and the experimental analysis of behavior is beginning to provide empirical evidence of involvement of neural events in the three-term contingency relating discriminative stimuli, responses, and consequences. This paper is aimed at highlighting exemplar instances in the development of this issue. It has long been known that the electrical stimulation of certain cerebral areas can have a reinforcing function. Extraordinary technological advances in recent years show that neural activity can be selected by consequences. For example, the activity of in vitro isolated neurons that receive dopamine as a reinforcer functions as a cellular analogue of operant conditioning. The in vivo activity of populations of neurons of rats and monkeys can be recorded on an instant-to-instant basis and can then be used to move mechanical arms or track a target as a function of consequences. Neural stimulation acts as a discriminative stimulus for operant responses that are in turn maintained by neural consequences. Together with investigations on the molecular basis of classical conditioning, those studies are examples of possibilities that are being created for the study of behavior-environment interactions within the organism. More important, they show that, as an element in the three-term contingency, neuralactivity follows the same laws as other events. Keywords: neuroscience, behavioral analysis, operant conditioning, reinforcement contingency, neural activity
- Imprenta:
- Publisher place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Date published: 2007
- Source:
- Título: The Behavior Analyst
- Volume/Número/Paginação/Ano: v. 30, n. 1, p. 17-30, 2007
- Status:
- Artigo possui acesso gratuito no site do editor (Bronze Open Access)
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SILVA, Maria Teresa de Araújo e GONÇALCES, Fábio Leyser e MIJARES, Miriam Garcia. Neural events in the reinforcement contigency. The Behavior Analyst, v. 30, n. 1, p. 17-30, 2007Tradução . . Disponível em: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03392140. Acesso em: 16 abr. 2026. -
APA
Silva, M. T. de A., Gonçalces, F. L., & Mijares, M. G. (2007). Neural events in the reinforcement contigency. The Behavior Analyst, 30( 1), 17-30. doi:10.1007/bf03392140 -
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Silva MT de A, Gonçalces FL, Mijares MG. Neural events in the reinforcement contigency [Internet]. The Behavior Analyst. 2007 ; 30( 1): 17-30.[citado 2026 abr. 16 ] Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03392140 -
Vancouver
Silva MT de A, Gonçalces FL, Mijares MG. Neural events in the reinforcement contigency [Internet]. The Behavior Analyst. 2007 ; 30( 1): 17-30.[citado 2026 abr. 16 ] Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf03392140 - Análise de comentários espontâneos elaborados por usuários de ecstasy em pesquisa on-line
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