Equine utilization of secondary reinforcement during response extinction and acquisition

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 78, Issue 2-4, 2002, Pages 253-262

  McCall, C A ^a   Burgin, S E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Horse; Learning; Secondary reinforcement

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; LEARNING;

EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0037056581     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(02)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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