Why the study?
Can heart rate speeding be operantly conditioned using positive reinforcement?
Population
10 subjects (5 experimental and 5 yoked-control)
Comparison
Positive reinforcement for speeding heart rate… vs Yoked-control
Design
Other
Authors
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Supports early exploration of heart rate operant conditioning; leaves open standardization, reproducibility, and clinical translation.
Can heart rate speeding be operantly conditioned using positive reinforcement?
Heart rate speeding can be operantly conditioned using positive reinforcement, though individuals use widely varying techniques to achieve this.
Bernard T. Engel (1967) studied this question.
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