Reward density and variable-interval schedule performance in an open economy

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 341-354

  Hall, Genae A ^a   Lattal, Kennon A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Food hopper duration; Key peck; Open economy; Pigeons; Reinforcement rate; Reward density; Variable interval schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005972805     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.72-341     Document Type: Article

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