An analysis of blocking in odorant mixtures: An increase but not a decrease in intensity of reinforcement produces unblocking

Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-69

  Smith, Brian H ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OCTANOL; GERANIOL; HEXANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HONEYBEE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; REINFORCEMENT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEES; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HEXANOLS; KETONES; MOTIVATION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SMELL; TERPENES;

EID: 0031034063     PISSN: 07357044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.111.1.57     Document Type: Article

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