The effects of stopping and restarting a session on within-session patterns of responding

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-162

  Cannon, Cari B ^a   McSweeney, Frances K ^b  

^a Box 90086 ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blackout; Lever press; Multiple schedule; Timeout; Variable interval schedule; Within session responding

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0031832205     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00009-6     Document Type: Article

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