Effects of food-pellet size on rate, latency, and topography of autoshaped key pecks and gapes in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-35

  Ploog, Bertram O ^a,b   Zeigler, H P ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoshaping; Gape; Key peck; Latency; Pellet size; Pigeon; Response rate; Topography; Unconditional stimulus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0029690585     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-21     Document Type: Article

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