Periodic response-reinforcer contiguity: Temporal control but not as we know it!

Psychological Record

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 273-297

  Keenan, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0033421508     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03395321     Document Type: Article

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