Behavioral contrast using different reinforcers: Effect of baseline rate of reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 11-17

  Weatherly, Jeffrey N ^a,b   Melville, Cam L ^a   Swindell, Samantha ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseline rate of reinforcement; Behavioral contrast; Key peck; Mixed grain; Pigeon; Wheat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTRAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT;

EID: 0032440989     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(98)00027-8     Document Type: Article

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