Accession Number : AD0467355
Title : REMOTE CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR WITH REWARDING ELECTRICAL STIMULATION OF THE BRAIN.
Descriptive Note : Final rept., 1 Jul 62-30 Sep 65,
Corporate Author : MARYLAND UNIV COLLEGE PARK
Personal Author(s) : Pliskoff,Stanley S. ; Hawkins,T. Daryl
Report Date : 30 SEP 1965
Pagination or Media Count : 1
Abstract : The specific aim of the research program was to examine the feasibility of controlling the behavior of a dog, in an open field, by means of remotely triggered electrical stimulation of the brain. The report describes such a system which depends for its effectiveness on two properties of electrical stimulation delivered to certain deep lying structures of the dog brain: the well-known reward effect, and a tendency for such stimulation to initiate and maintain locomotion in a direction which is accompanied by the continued delivery of stimulation. Experiments on the parameters of stimulation are described, in addition to an experiment on the ability of a conventional reinforcer, food, to disrupt ongoing, free field behavior under the control of rewarding brain stimulation. Finally, supporting research employing albino rats is summarized. (Author)
Descriptors : (*PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY, BRAIN), (*BRAIN, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY), STIMULATION(PHYSIOLOGY), REACTION(PSYCHOLOGY), ELECTRODES, MOTOR REACTIONS, DOGS, MEMORY(PSYCHOLOGY), ATROPINE, CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM, REMOTE CONTROL
Distribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
