Differences in the effect of Pavlovian contingencies upon behavioral momentum using auditory versus visual stimuli

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 389-399

  Mauro, Benjamin C ^a,b   Mace, F Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative reinforcement; Behavioral momentum; Lever press; Multiple concurrent schedules; Rats; Resistance to extinction; Salience

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; RAT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; VISION;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030093520     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-389     Document Type: Article

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