Rate of a maintained operant as a function of temporal position within a session

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-300

  Palya, William L ^a   Walter, Donald E ^a  

^a JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; NONHUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 0030869975     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199087     Document Type: Article

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