A Paradigm for Operant Conditioning in Blow Flies (Phormia Terrae Novae Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830)

Overview

Journal J Exp Anal Behav

Specialties Psychology
Social Sciences

Date 2010 Aug 3

PMID 20676269

Citations 3

Authors

Michel B C Sokolowski

Gerald Disma

Charles I Abramson

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Abstract

An operant conditioning situation for the blow fly (Protophormia terrae novae) is described. Individual flies are trained to enter and reenter a hole as the operant response. Only a few sessions of contingent reinforcement are required to increase response rates. When the response is no longer followed by food, the rate of entering the hole decreases. Control procedures revealed that rate of responding is not a simple overall result of feeding or of aging. The flies entered into the hole only if the response was required to obtain the food.

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