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INSTRUMENTAL MODIFICATION OF ELICITED AUTONOMIC RESPONSES
Author(s) -
Shnidman Susan R.,
Shapiro David
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
psychophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.661
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1469-8986
pISSN - 0048-5772
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8986.1970.tb01764.x
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , contingency , operant conditioning , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , contingency management , developmental psychology , audiology , social psychology , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , psychiatry , intervention (counseling)
Discrete trials methodology was used to study the instrumental modification of elicited palmar SPRs in humans. Simple auditory stimuli defined the trials for a number of different reinforcement conditions. The data indicate that autonomic responses elicited by discrete stimuli can be facilitated by operant reinforcement, but there is no evidence for an inhibitory or suppressive effect. The specific contingency of reinforcement and response appears necessary to show the effect.