Within-Session Response Patterns during Variable Interval, Random Reinforcement, and Extinction Procedures

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-240

  McSweeney, Frances K ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^a   Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a  

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EID: 0007714122     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1999.1032     Document Type: Article

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