Preferences for and against stimuli paired with food

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 21-32

  Mazur, James E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent chains; Conditioned reinforcement; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcement probability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0033161313     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1999.72-21     Document Type: Article

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