Value transfer in a simultaneous discrimination appears to result from within-event pavlovian conditioning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 68-75

  Zentall, Thomas R ^a   Sherburne, Lou M ^a   Roper, Karen L ^a   Kraemer, Philipp J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0029690264     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.22.1.68     Document Type: Article

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