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The generalized matching law as a predictor of choice between cocaine and food in rhesus monkeys

Anderson, Karen G., Velkey, Andrew J., Woolverton, William L.·2002·Psychopharmacology
DOI 10.1007/s00213-002-1012-7
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Rationale The generalized matching law predicts that the relative rate of behavior maintained by different reinforcers will match the relative rate of reinforcement. It has previously been shown that responding maintained by either food deliveries or cocaine injections under concurrent variable-interval (conc VI) schedules is well described by the generalized matching law. However, the generality of this conclusion to the choice between a drug and a non-drug reinforcer has not been well established.Objective The objective of the present study was to determine the extent to which the generalized matching law could account for choice between cocaine and food.Methods Four male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) lever pressed under various pairs of conc VI schedules with food and/or cocaine injection as the maintaining events. Two doses of cocaine (0.025 and 0.05 mg/kg per injection) were selected to provide information about reinforcer magnitude.Results As has been found in a context of choice between identical reinforcers, the generalized matching law accounted for most behavior. As in earlier studies with identical reinforcers, there was less responding apportioned to the alternative with the greater reinforcement frequency than predicted by the generalized matching law, i.e., undermatching was observed frequently. There was a tendency for more responding to be emitted toward the food alternative when the lower dose of cocaine was available and toward the drug alternative when the higher dose of cocaine was available.Conclusion These results suggest that, as proposed by the generalized matching law, relative reinforcement rate is an important determinant of choice between a drug and a non-drug reinforcer.

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  • Like the present study, Anderson et al. (2002) reported strong undermatching in monkeys performing under standard concurrent VI VI schedules for food reinforcers.

    “However, like us, Anderson et al. (2002) reported strong undermatching in monkeys performing under standard concurrent VI VI schedules for food reinforcers.”

    From DYNAMIC RESPONSE-BY-RESPONSE MODELS OF MATCHING BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS (2005) · cites this paper as Anderson et al. (2002)

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Authors
Anderson, K. G., Velkey, A. J., & Woolverton, W. L.
Affiliations
University of Mississippi Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Woolverton, William L.
ORCID
Velkey, Andrew J.
Venue
Psychopharmacology
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2002-10-01
Volume
163
Issue
3-4
Pages
319-326
ISSN
  • 0033-3158 (ISSN-L)
  • 1432-2072
DOI
10.1007/s00213-002-1012-7
OpenAlex
W1978657374
Cited by
59
References
26
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 4
FWCI
0.82
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • Psychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA008731, DA08731, DA-00161)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › General Decision Sciences › Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics
Keywords
generalized matching law, cocaine, food reinforcement, drug selection, concurrent schedules, variable-interval schedules, reinforcement magnitude, undermatching, rhesus monkeys, lever pressing
MeSH terms
Animals, Choice Behavior, Cocaine, Conditioning, Operant, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Drug Administration Schedule, Food, Injections, Intravenous, Macaca mulatta, Male, Reinforcement, Psychology, Self Administration

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