Exposure to context may contribute to within-session changes in responding

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 315-328

  McSweeney, Frances K ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^a   Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mc Neese State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Multiple schedule; Pigeon; Rat; Variable interval schedule; Within session response patterns

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; SENSITIZATION;

EID: 0031875134     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00026-6     Document Type: Article

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