The effect of reinforcer delays on the form of the forgetting function

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-94

  Sargisson, Rebecca J ^a   White, K Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to sample; Forgetting functions; Pigeon; Reinforcer delay; Retention interval

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; LONG TERM MEMORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1542681135     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2003.80-77     Document Type: Article

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