Effects of signaled versus unsignaled delay of reinforcement on choice

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-182

  McDevitt, Margaret A ^a,b   Williams, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WESTERN MARYLAND COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Delay of reinforcement; Differentially signaled delay; Key peck; Nondifferentially signaled delay; Pigeons; Unsignaled delay

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; MOTIVATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035288031     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2001.75-165     Document Type: Article

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