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A PDP-12 is used to conduct operant experiments in which peak force, duration, time integral of force, and interresponse time may each serve as the criterion response property for reinforcement, and all four properties are simultaneously recorded as dependent variables. Calibration, acquisition and control, and data analysis programs are described.
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Preparation of this paper and development of the described system were supported by NIMH Grant 18189, J. M. Notterman, Principal Investigator. Xenia Coulter wrote the programs PDERMS and XFREQ, and William C. Libby prepared the FOCAL programs.
This work was carried out while the author was at Princeton University, Department of Psychology.
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Fowler, S.C. A minicomputer system for recording the dynamic properties of individual operant responses. Behavior Research Methods & Instrumentation 6, 288–292 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03200345
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03200345