Pigeons may not remember the stimuli that reinforced their recent behavior

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-139

  Schaal, David W ^a   Odum, Amy L ^b   Shahan, Timothy A ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conditioned reinforcement; Delayed matching to sample; Key peck; Pigeons; Variable interval schedules

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; MALE; MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034153628     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2000.73-125     Document Type: Article

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