Procrastination by pigeons with fixed-interval response requirements

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 185-197

  Mazur, James E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Delay; Fixed interval schedules; Key peck; Pigeons; Procrastination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032014870     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1998.69-185     Document Type: Article

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