Effects of free-food deliveries and delays on choice under concurrent-chains schedules

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-260

  Mazur, James E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent chains; Free food; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcer delay

Indexed keywords

PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FOOD; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PREDICTION; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

COLUMBA;

EID: 0142248349     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(03)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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