Control of operant response force

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 431-438

  Slifkin, Andrew B ^a,b   Brener, Jasper ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032186121     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.24.4.431     Document Type: Article

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