Massed-trial Overtraining Effects on Extinction and Reversal Performance in Turtles (Geoclemys reevesii)

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-16

  Ishida, Masato ^a   Papini, Mauricio R ^b  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031511870     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027249997393619     Document Type: Article

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