Temporal control by progressive-interval schedules of reinforcement

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 311-326

  Leinenweber, Antoinette ^a   Nietzel, Shannon M ^a   Baron, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed interval schedule; History effects; Lever press; Patterns of responding; Postreinforcement pause; Progressive interval schedule; Rats; Variable ratio schedule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LEARNING; MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030294272     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.66-311     Document Type: Article

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