Blocking a selective association in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-24

  Weiss, Stanley J ^a   Panlilio, Leigh V ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Biological constraints on learning; Blocking; Pigeons; Selective associations; Species comparisons; Stimulus reinforcer interaction; Treadle press

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COLUMBIDAE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032610334     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.71-13     Document Type: Article

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