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. 1969 Summer;2(2):135-7.
doi: 10.1901/jaba.1969.2-135.

Vibration as a reinforcer with a profoundly retarded child

J Bailey  1 , L Meyerson
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Vibration as a reinforcer with a profoundly retarded child

J Bailey et al. J Appl Behav Anal. 1969 Summer.

Abstract

Data are presented which indicate that lever-pressing behavior of a profoundly retarded child could be reinforced by the contingent application of vibratory stimulation for each response. With vibration available 24 hr per day, no decrement in daily rate of responding for vibration was seen over a three-week period. Suggestions are made for further use of this finding in working with the profoundly retarded.

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