Habituation contributes to the decline in wheel running within wheel-running reinforcement periods

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-115

  Belke, Terry W ^a   McLaughlin, Ryan J ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed interval; Habituation; Lever pressing; Rat; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; RUNNING; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

EID: 15744400476     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2004.11.006     Document Type: Article

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