Demarcated response sequences and generalised matching

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-61

  Schneider, Susan M ^a   Davison, Michael ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti changeover bias; Concurrent schedules; Generalised matching law; Natapoff equation; Pecking; Pigeons; Response sequences

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PRODUCTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; LEARNING;

COLUMBA;

EID: 20444456972     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.04.005     Document Type: Article

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