Determination of discount functions in rats with an adjusting-amount procedure

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 353-366

  Richards, Jerry B ^a   Mitchell, Suzanne H ^b   De Wit, Harriet ^b   Seiden, Lewis S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Choice; Delayed reinforcement; Impulsivity; Nose poke; Rat; Reinforcer magnitude; Self control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING; MOTIVATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DRINKING; MOTIVATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0031133452     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1997.67-353     Document Type: Article

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