Effects of multiple delayed rewards on delay discounting in an adjusting amount procedure

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-286

  Mitchell, Suzanne H ^a   Rosenthal, Abigail J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Delay discounting; Lever press; Multiple rewards; Rats

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; REWARD; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0142217415     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00144-X     Document Type: Article

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