Food- and nonfood-related differential outcomes in equivalence learning by adults with Prader-Willi syndrome

American Journal on Mental Retardation

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 374-386

  Joseph, Beth ^a,c   Bruce Overmier, J ^a   Thompson, Travis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; PRADER WILLI SYNDROME; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONCEPT FORMATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EDUCATION OF MENTALLY RETARDED; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031038924     PISSN: 08958017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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