Independence of terminal-link entry rate and immediacy in concurrent chains

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-251

  Berg, Mark E ^a   Grace, Randolph C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Concurrent chains; Contextual choice model; Hyperbolic value added model; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcer immediacy; Reinforcer rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344301425     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-235     Document Type: Review

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