Resistance to change of forgetting functions and response rates

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-75

  Odum, Amy L ^a   Shahan, Timothy A ^a   Nevin, John A ^b,c  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to sample; Forgetting functions; Key peck; Pigeons; Reinforcer probability; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MOTIVATION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 23444460559     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.112-04     Document Type: Review

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