Timing and choice in concurrent chains

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 45, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 115-127

  Grace, Randolph C ^a,b   Nevin, John A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Peak procedure; Timing behavior; Timing processes in choice; White Carneau pigeons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033011633     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00013-3     Document Type: Article

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