Aversive control of Betta splendens behavior using water disturbances: Effects of signaled and unsignaled free-operant avoidance and escape contingencies

Hurtado-Parrado, Camilo; Acevedo-Triana, César; Pear, Joseph J.

doi:10.1016/j.beproc.2018.10.021

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“…In this way, the analysis of the spatial dynamics of the behavioral continuum under contingent (Pear, 1985) and noncontingent schedules (Pear and Eldridge, 1984;Silva and Pear, 1995;Silva and Timberlake, 1998;Hurtado-Parrado et al, 2019) and its integration with discrete-responses patterns, like a whole system, has become a relevant field for the analysis of behavioral processes. This emerging experimental field has gained strength with the development of new technologies, for example tracking systems (Pérez-Escudero et al, 2014) and tools for the analysis of data based on displacement patterns (León et al, 2020).…”

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Ecological Location of a Water Source and Spatial Dynamics of Behavior Under Temporally Scheduled Water Deliveries in a Modified Open-Field System: An Integrative Approach

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It has been reported in non-contingent schedules that the variety of patterns of behavior is affected by the temporal variation of water deliveries. While temporal variation is accomplished by delivering water at fixed or variable times, spatial variation is usually accomplished by varying the number of dispensers and distance among them. Such criteria do not consider the possible ecological relevance of the location of water dispensers. Nevertheless, it is plausible to suppose that the intersection of the programed contingencies (e.g., time-based schedules), the ecological differentiated space (e.g., open vs. closed zones), and the relative location of relevant objects and events (e.g., location of the water source—peripherical vs. center zone) could set up an integrated system with the behavioral patterns of the organism. In the present study, we evaluated the eco-functional relevance of two locations of the dispensers upon behavioral dynamics in Wistar rats using fixed and variable time schedules in a modified open-field system. In Experiment 1, three subjects were exposed to a fixed time 30-s water delivery schedule. In the first condition, the water dispenser was located at the center of the experimental chamber. In the second condition, the water dispenser was located at the center of a wall of the experimental chamber. Each location was present for 20 sessions. In Experiment 2, conditions were the same, but a variable time schedule was used. Routes, distance to the dispenser, recurrence patterns, time spent in zones, entropy, and divergence were analyzed. Our findings suggest a robust differential relevance of the location of the dispensers that should be considered in studies evaluating behavioral dynamics. Results are discussed from an integrative, ecological-parametric framework.

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Ecological Location of a Water Source and Spatial Dynamics of Behavior Under Temporally Scheduled Water Deliveries in a Modified Open-Field System: An Integrative Approach

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“…Punishment has been studied mostly with rats (e.g., Apple & Peterson, ; Azrin & Holz, ) and to a lesser extent with pigeons (e.g., Azrin, ; Wesp, Lattal, & Poling, ) and humans (e.g., Kuroda, Cançado, & Podlesnik, ; Pietras, Brandt, & Searcy, ; Rasmussen & Newland, ; Weiner, ). Punishment also has been studied with Siamese fighting fish ( Betta splendens ; Hurtado‐Parrado, Acevedo‐Triana, & Pear, in press) as well as some invertebrate animals such as fruit flies ( drosophila ; e.g., Brembs, ; Murphey, ) and honey bees ( Apis mellifera ; e.g., Smith, Abramson, & Tobin, ). The observation that punishment occurs across a wide phylogenetic range suggests potentially similar effects with zebrafish.…”

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Predator videos and electric shock function as punishers for zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a promising animal model for studying the effects of gene–environment interactions on behavior. Two experiments were conducted to assess punishment effects of presenting predator videos (Indian leaf fish; Nandus nandus) and electric shock on operant approach responses in zebrafish. In Experiment 1, the predator video and shock stimuli were presented upon a response maintained by a single variable‐interval schedule of food reinforcement in different groups of fish. In Experiment 2, the predator video and shock stimuli were presented upon one of two response alternatives maintain by concurrently available variable‐interval schedules of food reinforcement in different groups of fish. Responding decreased when the predator video and shock stimuli were presented relative to their absence in both experiments. Moreover, responding on an unpunished alternative did not reliably decrease in Experiment 2. These results indicate that the decrease in responding resulted from the punishment contingency rather than from elicited species‐specific defense responses or conditioned avoidance. Thus, the predator video and electric shock functioned as punishers of operant behavior for zebrafish. Identifying punishers for this species could lead to research on how gene–environment interactions influence individual differences in sensitivity to punishment.

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“…The results of the current experiments expand the evidence concerning the dynamics of behavior under time-based schedules (Pear, 1985;Eldridge et al, 1988;Silva and Pear, 1995;Silva and Timberlake, 1998;Hurtado-Parrado et al, 2019) and add evidence concerning the comparison between FT and VT schedules from a parametrical framework for the analysis of the continuum of behavior by integrating different complementary dimensions related to temporal-spatial dynamics: routes, time spent in zone, distance to dispenser, recurrence plots, entropy, and divergence. These dimensions integrate a comprehensive and broad characterization of the continuum of behavior that is difficult to obtain with the approaches based only in the discrete responses or other unique measure of the spatial dimension, for example, time spent in zone (Gallistel et al, 2007;Ribes-Iñesta et al, 2018).…”

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“…The non-contingent schedules research is relevant, among other reasons, because, in the effort to understand the dynamics of the functional relations between behavioral patterns not prescribed, and programed contingencies, behavior analysis was extended beyond the analysis of discrete responses, adding the spatial dimension of the continuum of behavior (Pear and Eldridge, 1984;Pear, 1985Pear, , 2004. In this way, the analysis of the spatial dynamics of the behavioral continuum under contingent (Pear, 1985) and noncontingent schedules (Pear and Eldridge, 1984;Silva and Pear, 1995;Silva and Timberlake, 1998;Hurtado-Parrado et al, 2019) and its integration with discrete-responses patterns, like a whole system, has become a relevant field for the analysis of behavioral processes. This emerging experimental field has gained strength with the development of new technologies, for example tracking systems (Pérez-Escudero et al, 2014) and tools for the analysis of data based on displacement patterns (León et al, 2020).…”

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Aversive control of Betta splendens behavior using water disturbances: Effects of signaled and unsignaled free-operant avoidance and escape contingencies

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Ecological Location of a Water Source and Spatial Dynamics of Behavior Under Temporally Scheduled Water Deliveries in a Modified Open-Field System: An Integrative Approach

Ecological Location of a Water Source and Spatial Dynamics of Behavior Under Temporally Scheduled Water Deliveries in a Modified Open-Field System: An Integrative Approach

Predator videos and electric shock function as punishers for zebrafish (Danio rerio)

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