Human causality judgments and response rates on DRL and DRH schedules of reinforcement

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-211

  Reed, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 0042736224     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195983     Document Type: Article

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