"Conditioning, Operant" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Learning situations in which the sequence responses of the subject are instrumental in producing reinforcement. When the correct response occurs, which involves the selection from among a repertoire of responses, the subject is immediately reinforced.
| Descriptor ID |
D003216
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| MeSH Number(s) |
F02.463.425.179.509
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| Concept/Terms |
Conditioning, Operant- Conditioning, Operant
- Learning, Instrumental
- Instrumental Learnings
- Learnings, Instrumental
- Operant Conditioning
- Conditionings, Operant
- Operant Conditionings
- Instrumental Learning
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Conditioning, Operant" by people in Profiles.
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Genetic Loci Influencing Cue-Reactivity in Heterogeneous Stock Rats. Genes Brain Behav. 2025 Apr; 24(2):e70018.
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A Complex Acoustical Environment During Development Enhances Auditory Perception and Coding Efficiency in the Zebra Finch. J Neurosci. 2025 Feb 12; 45(7).
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Reward-Mediated, Model-Free Reinforcement-Learning Mechanisms in Pavlovian and Instrumental Tasks Are Related. J Neurosci. 2023 01 18; 43(3):458-471.
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Reinforcement Learning during Adolescence in Rats. J Neurosci. 2020 07 22; 40(30):5857-5870.
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Medial Nucleus Accumbens Projections to the Ventral Tegmental Area Control Food Consumption. J Neurosci. 2020 06 10; 40(24):4727-4738.
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Targeted Stimulation of Human Orbitofrontal Networks Disrupts Outcome-Guided Behavior. Curr Biol. 2020 02 03; 30(3):490-498.e4.
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Maladaptive consequences of repeated intermittent exposure to uncertainty. Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry. 2020 04 20; 99:109864.
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Bi-directional modulation of food habit expression by the endocannabinoid system. Eur J Neurosci. 2019 06; 49(12):1610-1622.
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Neurochemical and Behavioral Dissections of Decision-Making in a Rodent Multistage Task. J Neurosci. 2019 01 09; 39(2):295-306.
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Prenatal ethanol exposure increases risk of psychostimulant addiction. Behav Brain Res. 2019 01 01; 356:51-61.