Habituation to the reinforcer may contribute to multiple-schedule behavioral contrast

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-220

  Mcsweeney, Frances K ^a   Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behavioral contrast; Following component effect; Habituation; Local contrast; Multiple schedule; Sensitization; Within session changes in responding

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001967815     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.69-199     Document Type: Article

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