Effects of cocaine on briefly signaled versus completely signaled delays to reinforcement

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 375-388

  Walker, Diana J ^a,b   Branch, Marc N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b University of Florida ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Conditioned reinforcement; Key peck; Pigeons; Signaled delay of reinforcement; Tolerance; Variable interval schedule

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COCAINE; COLUMBIDAE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; MALE; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0030093960     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-375     Document Type: Article

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