Novelty, arousal, and the reinforcement of diversive exploration in the rat.

Complexity and incongruity variables as determinants of exploratory choice and evaluative ratings.

D. E. Berlyne · Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie · 1963 · 243 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +6

Motivation Inherent in Information Processing and Action

Jenny Hunt · 1963 · 164 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +14

The effect of deprivation of visual incentives on visual exploration motivation in monkeys.

Robert A. Butler · Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology · 1957 · 93 citations

Life Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology +14

Information deprivation as a motivational variable.

Austin Jones, Harriet Wilkinson, Ina Braden · Journal of Experimental Psychology · 1961 · 73 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +8

Analysis of nonreinforcement variables affecting response probability.

David Premack, George Collier · The Psychological Monographs · 1962 · 43 citations

Public Health, Behavioral Sciences, Experimental Design +4