James Olds (1956) discovered that rats would ignore food, water, and other life-sustaining necessities for hours if they were able to control stimulation of certain parts of the brain. He called these areas of the brain:
A) receptors.
B) pleasure centres.
C) reinforcers.
D) addiction centres.
B) pleasure centres.
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