Altering reinforcer variety or intensity changes the within-session decrease in responding

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 609-621

  Melville, Cam L ^a   Rue, Hanna C ^b   Rybiski, Loraine R ^b   Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031281494     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1997.0984     Document Type: Article

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