Temporal search as a function of the variability of interfood intervals

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 291-315

  Church, Russell M ^a   Lacourse, Donna M ^a   Crystal, Jonathon D ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032109270     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.24.3.291     Document Type: Article

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