The quantitative measurement of motivation: Generation of demand functions under open versus closed economies

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 325-331

  Ladewig, Jan ^a   Sørensen, Dorte Bratbo ^a   Nielsen, Per Peetz ^a   Matthews, Lindsay R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Closed economy; Demand; Motivation; Open economy; Operant conditioning; Rats

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037010583     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00156-9     Document Type: Article

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