Reinforcement and Choice

Animal Learning and Cognition

Volumn , Issue , 1994, Pages 81-108

  Williams, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0002280176     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-057169-0.50010-3     Document Type: Chapter

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