Dynamics of temporal control in rats: The effects of a brief transition in interval duration

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Higa, Jennifer J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval duration; Rats; Temporal control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DYNAMICS; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS; TIME; TRAINING;

EID: 0031239925     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(97)00021-1     Document Type: Article

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