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Project Element	Element Description
Project Title Project Title	Exchange Schedule Manipulations
Principal Investigator Principal Investigator	Bourret, Jason
Description Description	Token economies are used in a variety of clinical settings, but the relation between the exchange value and reinforcing efficacy of a token has yet to be identified. In a study conducted by Malagodi, Webbe, and Waddell (1975), rats were exposed to several different schedules of token reinforcement. For all participants, lower rates of responding were observed in schedules during which tokens were exchanged at higher values. The current study will make similar manipulations to schedules of token reinforcement, and measure participant selection across two tokens with different exchange values. The results of this study will provide clinicians with information about the reinforcing efficacy of tokens relative to their exchange value.
Funder Funder	The New England Center for Children
Funding Country Funding Country	United States
Fiscal Year Funding Fiscal Year Funding	5895
Current Award Period Current Award Period	2017
Strategic Plan Question Strategic Plan Question	Question 4: Which Treatments and Interventions Will Help?
Funder’s Project Link Funder’s Project Link	No URL available.
Institution Institution	The New England Center for Children
Institute Location Institute Location	United States
Project Number Project Number
Government or Private Government or Private	Private
History/Related Projects History/Related Projects	Exchange Schedule Manipulations \| 6125 \| 2017 \| Exchange Schedule Manipulations \| 0 \| 2018 \|

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