Forming chunks in instrumental learning: The role of overshadowing

Animal Learning and Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 221-228

  Capaldi, E J ^a,b   Birmingham, Kimberly M ^a   Miller, Ronald M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPETITION; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033002618     PISSN: 00904996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03199678     Document Type: Article

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