Renewal of operant performance formerly eliminated by omission or noncontingency training upon return to the acquisition context

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 510-525

  Nakajima, Sadahiko ^a   Urushihara, Kouji ^a   Masaki, Takahisa ^a  

^a KWANSEI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Context; Differential reinforcement of other behavior; Noncontingency; Omission training; Rats; Renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036827285     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0023-9690(02)00009-7     Document Type: Article

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