Transfer across delayed discriminations: II. Differences in the substitutability of initial versus test stimuli

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-59

  Urcuioli, Peter J ^a,c   DeMarse, Thomas B ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0031609268     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.24.1.47     Document Type: Review

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