Stimulus Control Topography Coherence Theory: Foundations and Extensions

Behavior Analyst

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 195-213

  McIlvane, William J ^a   Dube, William V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Generalization; Stimulus control; Stimulus control topography

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMAN; STIMULUS; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 0347593751     PISSN: 07386729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03392076     Document Type: Article

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