Stimulus presentation ratios and the outcomes for correct responses in signal-detection procedures

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-20

  Johnstone, Victoria ^a   Alsop, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Discriminability; Key peck; Outcomes; Pigeons; Response bias; Signal detection; Stimulus presentation ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012331790     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.72-1     Document Type: Article

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