Pigeons' choices between fixed-interval and random-interval schedules: Utility of variability?

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-145

  Andrzejewski, Matthew E ^a,b   Cardinal, Claudia D ^a   Field, Douglas P ^a   Flannery, Barbara A ^a   Johnson, Michael ^a   Bailey, Kathleen ^a   Hineline, Philip N ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Fixed interval; Foraging; Key peck; Pigeon; Random interval; Variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 16244410797     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.30-04     Document Type: Article

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