Reinforcer control and human signal-detection performance

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-290

  Johnstone, Victoria ^b   Alsop, Brent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Discriminability; Humans; Key press; Reinforcer ratio; Response bias; Signal detection; Signal presentation ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0034185656     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2000.73-275     Document Type: Article

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