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Operant Conditioning

Known as: conditioning operant, Learning, Instrumental, Operant Conditionings 
Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs… 
National Institutes of Health

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Behavior ControlBehavior TherapyBurrhus Frederic SkinnerConditioned Stimulus

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Conditioned ReflexConditioning FadingDiscrimination LearningPsychological reinforcement

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Conditioning (Psychology)

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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Instrumental learning, but not performance, requires dopamine D1-receptor activation in the amygdala
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Appetitive Instrumental Learning Is Impaired by Inhibition of cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase within the Nucleus Accumbens
The medium spiny neurons of the nucleus accumbens receive a unique convergence of dopaminergic and glutamatergic inputs from… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Prenatal cocaine exposure induces deficits in Pavlovian conditioning and sensory preconditioning among infant rat pups.
Offspring derived from Sprague-Dawley dams that received daily subcutaneous injection of 40 mg/kg.3 cc-1 cocaine hydrochloride… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Changes in instrumentally and classically conditioned limb-flexion responses following inferior olivary lesions and olivocerebellar tractotomy in the cat
Lesions were placed in various parts of the inferior olivary nucleus and olivocerebellar tract in an attempt to define further… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Long-term synaptic changes produced by a cellular analog of classical conditioning in Aplysia.
A change in synaptic strength arising from the activation of two neuronal pathways at approximately the same time is a form of… 
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Discriminative and motor performance in rats after interference with dopamine neurotransmission with spiroperidol.
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
Behavioral differences in young and aged mice: strain differences for activity measures, operant learning, sensory discrimination, and alcohol preference.
Young and aged mice of the A/J and C57BL/6J inbred strains were given a series of behavioral tests which measured activity of… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Instrumental conditioning of hippocampal theta and subsequent response persistence.
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Behavior changes in brain-injured children through social reinforcement.
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
Role-taking in childhood and its consequences for social learning.
Let us assume that a large part of what a young child learns is acquired through the process of instrumental learning. This… 
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