A cautionary note on interpreting the effects of partial reinforcement on place learning performance in the water maze

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 213-216

  Devan, Bryan D ^a,b   McDonald, Robert J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative place cue responses; Aversive motivation; Competitive contingencies of reinforcement; Partial reinforcement effects; Place learning; Procedural considerations; Thigmotaxis; Water maze

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; SPATIAL MEMORY; SWIMMING POOL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; ESCAPE REACTION; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0035857805     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(00)00342-9     Document Type: Article

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