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MODIFICATION OF HUMAN GASTRIC ACID SECRETION WITH OPERANT‐CONDITIONING PROCEDURES 1
Author(s) -
Whitehead William E.,
Renault Pierre F.,
Goldiamond Israel
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1975.8-147
Subject(s) - electrogastrogram , secretion , reinforcement , operant conditioning , psychology , medicine , endocrinology , heart rate , gastric acid , stomach , conditioning , motility , biology , social psychology , blood pressure , statistics , mathematics , genetics
In an attempt to control gastric acid secretion with operant‐conditioning techniques, four normal women were given visual feedback on gastric pH plus money reinforcers. When money was made dependent on increased secretion in a differential‐reinforcement‐of‐high‐rates schedule, the rate of secretion of three of the four subjects increased to three times baseline. When money was then made dependent on decreased secretion in a differential‐reinforcement‐of‐other‐behaviors schedule, the rate of secretion of these three subjects returned to baseline levels. Heart rate, respiratory frequency, abdominal electromyographic activity, and stomach motility (measured by the electrogastrogram method) were not consistently correlated with acid secretion across subjects, although individual subjects showed substantial correlations between acid secretion and one or more other physiological response.