This article discusses the contribution of Marc Richelle to the study of temporal regulation of behaviour in animals. Richelle was a pioneer of behavioural pharmacology in Europe in the 1960s, and some of his early pharmacological experiments, particular those involving chlordiazepoxide, are discussed. Richelle frequently tested drug effects on performance on fixed-interval (FI) and differential reinforcement of low rate (DRL) schedules. Much of his later work, conducted with Helga Lejeune, involved cross-species comparisons of performance on FI and DRL, and often focused on potential differences between “timing competence” and “timing performance”. His work provided an unrivalled body of research on operant behaviour in different species, involving research on animals as different as cats and fish. Much of the work was reviewed in Richelle and Lejeune’s 1980 book Time in Animal Behaviour, which contained particularly influential accounts of collateral behaviour and inter-species comparisons.

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Marc Richelle (1930–2021) 和动物行为的时间调控研究

本文讨论了 Marc Richelle 对动物行为时间调控研究的贡献。Richelle 是 1960 年代欧洲行为药理学的先驱，他的一些早期药理学实验，特别是涉及氯氮卓的那些，被讨论。Richelle 经常测试药物对固定间隔 (FI) 和低速率 (DRL) 计划的差异强化性能的影响。他后来与 Helga Lejeune 一起进行的大部分工作涉及对 FI 和 DRL 性能的跨物种比较，并且经常关注“计时能力”和“计时性能”之间的潜在差异。他的工作为不同物种的操作行为提供了无与伦比的研究，包括对猫和鱼等不同动物的研究。