Still no evidence for temporally extended shock-frequency reduction as a reinforcer

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 367-378

  Dinsmoor, James A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance; Correlated stimuli; Electric shock; Response as stimulus; Safety signal; Shock density reduction; Two process theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040329838     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2001.75-367     Document Type: Article

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