Cyclic responding by pigeons on the peak timing procedure

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-460

  Kirkpatrick Steger, Kim ^a,b   Miller, Stuart S ^a   Betti, Catherine A ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030266850     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.22.4.447     Document Type: Article

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