Effects of Rate of Reinforcement and Rate of Change on Choice Behaviour in Transition

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-128

  Mazur, James E ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0346543449     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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