Response-dependent prechoice effects on foraging-related choice

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 619-641

  Williams, Wendy A ^a,b   Fantino, Edmund ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent chains; Contextual choice; Delay reduction theory; Key peck; Optimal foraging theory; Pigeons; Rate maximization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342671617     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.65-619     Document Type: Article

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