Effects of Species-Specific Cues and the CS-US Interval on the Topography of the Sexually Conditioned Response

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-235

  Akins, Chana K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior systems; constraints; Japanese quail; sexual conditioning; species specific cues

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013175824     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.2000.1050     Document Type: Article

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