Increasing the variability of response sequences in pigeons by adjusting the frequency of switching between two keys

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-25

  Machado, Armando ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral variability; Key peck; Nonstationary markov chain model; Pigeon; Response sequence; Switching behavior

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; MARKOV CHAINS;

EID: 0031184468     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1997.68-1     Document Type: Article

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