In 1954, when Olds and Milner discovered rewarding areas in the rat brain, it seemed as if the drive reductionists would have to revise their basic theory. Until that time the dogma was that an action would be reinforced if it led to a reduction in drive or drive stimuli. The idea that an increase in stimulation could be rewarding was contrary to the most widely accepted theories, and, in fact, the affect of an increase in stimulation was commonly regarded as punishing. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.116529 |
| Date | January 1962 |
| Creators | Braunstein, Lauraine G. |
| Contributors | (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science. (Department of Psychology.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: NNNNNNNNN, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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