Optimal response rates in humans and rats
Abstract
The analysis of response rates has been highly influential in psychology, giving rise to many prominent theories of learning. There is, however, growing interest in explaining response rates, not as a global response to associations or value, but as a decision about how to space responses in time. Recently, researchers have shown that humans and mice can time a single response optimally; that is, in a way that maximizes reward. Here, we use the well-established differential reinforcement of low rates (DRL) timing task to show that humans and rats come close to optimizing reinforcement rate, but respond systematically faster than they should.
Repository Citation
Freestone, David M., Patrick Simen, Fuat Balci, and Russell M. Church. 2015. "Optimal response rates in humans and rats." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition 41(1): 39-51.
Publisher
American Psychological Association
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Publication Title
Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
Department
Neuroscience
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xan0000049
Keywords
Decision making, DRL, Interval timing, Response rate, Reward rate
Language
English
Format
text
