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RATE‐DECREASING EFFECTS OF THE ATYPICAL NEUROLEPTIC RISPERIDONE ATTENUATED BY CONDITIONS OF REINFORCEMENT IN A WOMAN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION
Author(s) -
Yoo J. Helen,
Williams Dean C.,
Napolitano Deborah A.,
Peyton Robert T.,
Baer Donald M.,
Schroeder Stephen R.
Publication year - 2003
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.2003.36-245
Subject(s) - risperidone , reinforcement , psychology , task (project management) , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , audiology , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine , social psychology , management , economics
Effects of two doses of risperidone on the performance of a matching task under tangible reinforcement and nonreinforcement conditions were measured in a woman with mental retardation. In both conditions, time to complete the task increased and response rates decreased under two doses of risperidone. Accuracy was generally unchanged. These changes were much smaller in the tangible reinforcement condition; thus, reinforcement seemed to protect performance from the rate‐decreasing effects of risperidone.