Learning to vary and varying to learn

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 250-258

  Grunow, Alicia ^a   Neuringer, Allen ^a  

^a REED COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MALE; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0036615271     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196279     Document Type: Article

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