Timing in pigeons: The choose-short effect may result from pigeons' "confusion" between delay and intertrial intervals

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 516-522

  Sherburne, Lou M ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^b   Kaiser, Daren H ^b  

^a WABASH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0000331794     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03208831     Document Type: Article

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