Steps and pips in the history of the cumulative recorder

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 329-355

  Lattal, Kennon A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B. F. Skinner; Cumulative record; Cumulative recorder; F. S. Keller; Kymograph; Rate of response

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344269249     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-329     Document Type: Review

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