Persistence during extinction: Are judgments of persistence affected by contingency information?

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 315-328

  Svartdal, Frode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Extinction; Judgment of persistence; Persistence; PREE; Reward

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; NORWAY; REWARD;

EID: 0034548456     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.00204     Document Type: Article

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