Responding for sucrose and wheel-running reinforcement: Effects of sucrose concentration and wheel-running reinforcer duration

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-265

  Belke, Terry W ^a   Hancock, Stephanie D ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Concentration; Duration; Excitatory stimulus effect; Fixed interval; Inhibitory aftereffect; Lever press; Rats; Reinforcement; Sucrose; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

SUCROSE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RUNNING; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RUNNING; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0142228270     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.79-243     Document Type: Article

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