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AN ANIMAL MODEL OF THE INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION OF INTEROCEPTIVE (PRIVATE) STATES
Author(s) -
Lubinski David,
Thompson Travis
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1987.48-1
Subject(s) - psychology , amphetamine , reinforcement , interpersonal communication , chlordiazepoxide , discriminative model , neuroscience , cognitive psychology , developmental psychology , social psychology , computer science , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , diazepam , dopamine
Pigeons were taught to interact communicatively (i.e., exchange discriminative stimuli) based on 1 pigeon's internal state, which varied as a function of cocaine, pentobarbital, and saline administration. These performances generalized to untrained pharmacological agents ( d ‐amphetamine and chlordiazepoxide) and were observed in the absence of aversive stimulation, deprivation, and unconditioned reinforcement. The training procedure used in this study appears similar to that by which humans learn to report on (tact) their internal environments and may be construed as a rudimentary animal model of the interpersonal communication of private events.