The work costs of earning food as a determinant of patch leaving

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-144

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a,b   Brener, Jasper ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERTION; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0031114136     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.23.2.136     Document Type: Article

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