Self-stimulation aftereffects and runway performance in the rat.

Both rewarding and punishing effects from stimulation of posterior hypothalamus of cat with same electrode at same intensity.

Warren W. Roberts · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1958 · 149 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Neurophysiology, Posterior Hypothalamus +11

Topographic organization of hypothalamic self-stimulation functions.

John Olds, Robert P. Travis, R. C. Schwing · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1960 · 110 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Hypothalamus, Neurophysiology +11

Runway and maze behavior controlled by basomedial forebrain stimulation in the rat.

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1956 · 78 citations

Neurobiological Mechanism, Behavioral Sciences, Neurophysiology +14

A motivational analyses of the reticular activating system

John Olds, Bertram Peretz · Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology · 1960 · 68 citations

Cognitive Science, Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Neuroscience +9

Reinforcing effect of brain stimulation on runway performance as a function of interval between trials.

John P. Seward, Arthur A. Uyeda · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1960 · 35 citations

Cognitive Performance, Behavioral Neuroscience, Motor Control +10