Human variable ratio performance

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 411-432

  Bizo, Lewis A ^a   Remington, Bob ^a   D'Souza, Lorraine S ^a   Heighway, Samantha K ^a   Baston, Clara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Humans; Mathematical principles of reinforcement; Mouse click; Reinforcer amount; Response rate; Variable ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036827281     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(02)00010-3     Document Type: Article

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