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Published on: October 22, 2015
Electrographic correlates of "internal states" evoked by positive conditioned stimuli during operant training in dogs
1Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Vdumenko@Yandex.ru
Abstract:
Experiments were performed to address the energy characteristics (power spectra) of short-term (less than 1 sec) EEG reactions arising in different areas of the neocortex in response to positive conditioned stimuli presented in conditions of selective attention. These EEG reactions directly preceded the motor reactions, which consisted of a strong blow with the paw on a feeder pedal to obtain reinforcement. The energy levels of EEG reactions were 1.5-3 times greater than pre-stimulus levels. The frequency structures of the corresponding EEG reactions were divided into discrete frequency subgroups, including the traditional (1-30 Hz) and the gamma ranges (30-80 Hz) as well as higher-frequency components (80-200 Hz). In some cases, the greater proportionate increases in power occurred in the high-frequency band.
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