Relative validity of contextual and discrete cues

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 137-152

  Murphy, Robin A ^a   Baker, A G ^b   Fouquet, Nathalie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0035319504     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.27.2.137     Document Type: Article

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