Role of Reinforcement in Spaced-Trial Operant Learning in Pigeons (Columba livia)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 275-285

  Papini, Mauricio R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001521358     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.3.275     Document Type: Article

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