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Stimulus properties of inhaled substances.

Author(s) -

Ronald W. Wood

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.782669

Subject(s) - intoxicative inhalant , stimulus (psychology) , psychology , conditioning , stimulus control , reflex , neuroscience , facilitation , reinforcement , respondent , cognitive psychology , toxicology , social psychology , nicotine , biology , mathematics , political science , law , statistics

Inhaled substances can modify behavior by their toxic action, or because they are discriminable events, or because they can support or suppress behavior. They can be used as discriminative stimuli at concentrations above the olfactory threshold. Inhalants can elicit unconditioned reflexes. As aversive stimuli, they can be studied in respondent conditioning experiments (e.g. conditioned suppression), in punishment paradigms, or as negative reinforcers in escape paradigms. Inhalants can also be positive reinforcers; their intoxicating properties have engendered patterns of chronic self-administration (solvent abuse). Such stimulus properties should be considered in industrial hygiene and environmental quality decisions. Laboratory techniques to study such properties abound.

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