Rat immediately came to the bar and pressed it five times within the first three minutes. This shocked me, and I was thinking that she very well could continue at a rate similar to this for the entire 30 minute session. Unfortunately this was not the case. It took her less than two minutes before her an additional bar press which was followed quickly by a second press. She progressed slowly after that and only pressed the bar once every few minutes up to 11:30, when she took a PRP that lasted roughly 16:15 (although with a break that long I doubt it can be considered a PRP).
It wasn't until after the 16+ minute pause/break that she pressed the bar again - 3 times in roughly 1:15. It was a shame to have to end the session after only 30 minutes because by the end I had so much faith that she would repeat her performance from the beginning of the session. As Prior says, this could very well be viewed as punishment; since there was one minute between her last press and the end of the session, though, I doubt she would think of it as such.
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