Measuring motivation: Using the cross point of two demand functions as an assessment of the substitutability of two reinforcers

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 281-291

  Sorensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Ladewig, Jan ^a   Matthews, Lindsay ^b   Ersboll, Annette Kjar ^a   Lawson, Lartey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Behavioural economics; Cross point; Demand; Rats; Substitutability

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

EID: 0035818703     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(01)00166-6     Document Type: Article

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