An analysis of generalized contextual control of conditional discriminations

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 383-393

  Serna, Richard W ^a,c   Pérez González, Luis Antonio ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Conditional discriminations; Five term control; Generalized contextual control; Human participants; Matching to sample; Stimulus control; Unreinforced conditional selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; VISION;

ADULT; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0642336177     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.79-383     Document Type: Article

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