Response stability and variability induced in humans by different feedback contingencies

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 332-348

  Maes, J H R ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 1442280637     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03195995     Document Type: Article

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