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Renewal after the extinction of free operant behavior

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Bouton, Mark E., Todd, Travis P., Vurbic, Drina, Winterbauer, Neil E.·2011·Learning & Behavior

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Four experiments were performed to explore the role of context in operant extinction. In all experiments, leverpressing in rats was first reinforced with food pellets on a variable interval 30-s schedule, then extinguished, and finally tested in the same and a different physical context. The experiments demonstrated a clear ABA renewal effect, a recovery of extinguished responding when conditioning, extinction, and testing occurred in contexts A, B, and A, respectively. They also demonstrated ABC renewal (where conditioning extinction and testing occurred in contexts A, B, and C) and, for the first time in operant conditioning, AAB renewal (where conditioning, extinction, and testing occurred in contexts A, A, and B). The latter two phenomena indicate that tests outside the extinction context are sufficient to cause a recovery of extinguished operant behavior and, thus, that operant extinction, like Pavlovian extinction, is relatively specific to the context in which it is learned. AAB renewal was not weakened by tripling the amount of extinction training. ABA renewal was stronger than AAB, but not merely because of context A's direct association with the reinforcer.

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  • Changing the context after extinction produces renewal, including ABA, ABC, and AAB forms.

    “if we change the context after extinction, the behavior renews – we have observed ABA, ABC, and even AAB forms of renewal, where the first, second, and third letters denote the contexts of conditioning, extinction, and testing (e.g., Bouton et al., 2011).”

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Authors
Bouton, M. E., Todd, T. P., Vurbic, D., & Winterbauer, N. E.
Affiliations
University of Vermont (US)
Corresponding author
Bouton, Mark E.
Venue
Learning & Behavior
Published
2011-01-29
Volume
39
Issue
1
Pages
57-67
ISSN
  • 1543-4494 (ISSN-L)
  • 1543-4508
OpenAlex
W1997522372
Cited by
281
References
46
Citations by year
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FWCI
7.15
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Learning & Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of Mental Health (R01MH064847)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
Keywords
operant extinction, context effects, lever pressing, variable-interval schedules, extinction training, Pavlovian extinction
MeSH terms
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Conditioning, Operant, Extinction, Psychological, Female, Reinforcement Schedule, Rats, Wistar, Rats

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