Associative symmetry in the pigeon after successive matching-to-sample training

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 147-165

  Frank, Andrea J ^a,b   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

Author keywords

Go no go reinforcement schedule; Key peck; Pigeons; Stimulus equivalence; Successive matching to sample; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION; METHODOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW; TEACHING;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TEACHING;

EID: 26844467381     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2005.115-04     Document Type: Review

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