An evaluation of response rate as a measure of rewarding intracranial stimulation.

Positive reinforcement produced by electrical stimulation of septal area and other regions of rat brain.

Peter Milner · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1954 · 3.1K citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +17

Self-Stimulation of the Brain

Science · 1958 · 406 citations

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A preliminary mapping of electrical reinforcing effects in the rat brain.

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1956 · 138 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14

Effects of hunger and male sex hormone on self-stimulation of the brain.

Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1958 · 121 citations

Life Sciences, Endocrinology, Neuroscience +12

Reward Schedules and Behavior Maintained by Intracranial Self-Stimulation

Murray Sidman, J. V. Bray, John J. Boren et al. · Science · 1955 · 101 citations

Life Sciences, Neurobiology, Neuroscience +14