Discrimination of methadone and cocaine by pigeons without explicit discrimination training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 193-203

  Schaal, David W ^a   Mcdonald, Michael P ^a   Miller, Mark A ^a   Reilly, Mark P ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Drug discrimination; Key peck; Methadone; Pigeons; State dependent learning; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; METHADONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COCAINE; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; METHADONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

EID: 0030237475     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.66-193     Document Type: Article

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