APS

2026 APS Annual Convention · 2026

Working Hard for Nothing: Effects of Task Effort on Persistence In Extinction

Barcelona, Spain · May 2026

Posters · Thinking & Remembering: Attention, Memory & Control

  • Pinkston Jonathan
    University of Kansas

Abstract

The present study examined the effects of task effort on behavioral persistence.  Rats (n = 8) were trained to procure food reward in high and low effort tasks, and then rewards were withdrawn to examine behavioral persistence.  Task effort significantly reduced persistence after four days in extinction.

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