Nonstable concurrent choice in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 219-232

  Schofield, Grant ^a   Davison, Michael ^b  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Choice; Concurrent schedules; Generalized matching; Key peck; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040451646     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1997.68-219     Document Type: Article

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