Behavioral contrast with changes in duration and rate of reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-73

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Melville, Cam L ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral contrast; Duration of reinforcement; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0030935902     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(96)00772-3     Document Type: Article

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