Rats' Behavior during an Interfood Clock Is Altered by the Temporal Pattern of Interfood Stimuli

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-200

  Silva, Kathleen M ^a   Timberlake, William ^a  

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EID: 0042597640     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/lmot.1999.1028     Document Type: Article

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