Value transfer in discriminative conditioning with Pigeons

Psychological Record

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 707-728

  Siemann, Martina ^a   Delius, Juan D ^a   Dombrowski, Daniela ^a   Daniel, Stefanie ^a  

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EID: 0030510433     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395193     Document Type: Article

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