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Of course if you want _really_ high rates, you have to selectively
reinforce for them (progressively targeting shorter inter-response
times).
I've heard that you can get a pigeon to peck fast enough that way to melt
its beak, undoubtedly an exaggeration, and fortunately, because the PETA
people would be rather put out if it were true.
Melting beaks sounds like an urban legend but I lost one pigeon
from a study using VR schedules. The bird was pecking so fast
and hard that it split its beak.
The bird was fine after a few weeks of R & R.
Ken
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