Speed contingencies, number of stimulus presentations, and the nodality effect in equivalence class formation

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 265-288

  Imam, Abdulrazaq A ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Matching to sample; Mouse click; Nodality; Response accuracy; Response speed; Stimulus equivalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035514852     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2001.76-265     Document Type: Article

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