Fixed Ratio Schedule: FR12

The goal of this session was for Tortellini to press the bar 12 times before being reinforced with a sugar pellet. She continues to exhibit behaviors that resemble frustration, such as biting the lever from all different angles. Despite her apparent frustration, she still manages to press the bar a substantial amount of times. Tortellini also continues to struggle maintaining her attention on training. This session lasted 19.36 minutes. If a session is much shorter than 30 minutes, you are supposed to train again on that same FR schedule. However, I hesitate to do that because Tortellini still presses the bar so many times. For example, during this session she pressed the bar 1052 times! If a rat is pressing a bar 1052 times, then I think it is appropriate to move on to a higher level! Tortellini is really doing a great job though--I am extremely impressed by her. 

FR12 Cumulative Records