Type of feature affects transfer in operant serial feature-positive discriminations

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 266-276

  Goddard, Murray J ^a   Holland, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE AVERSION; TRAINING;

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EID: 0029790911     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03198975     Document Type: Article

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