Separating the effects of trial-specific and average sample-stimulus duration in delayed matching to sample in pigeons

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 231-242

  Hartl, Josef A ^a   Dougherty, Deirdra H ^a   Wixted, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Delay reduction; Delayed matching to sample; Key peck; Pigeon; Sample duration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346789250     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.1996.66-231     Document Type: Article

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