On the role of preference in response competition

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 247-250

  Ahearn, William H ^a   Clark, Kathy M ^a   DeBar, Ruth ^a   Florentino, Christine ^a  

^a NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Automatic reinforcement; Preference assessment; Response competition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CASE REPORT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); STEREOTYPIC MOVEMENT DISORDER;

EID: 27144440205     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.36-04     Document Type: Article

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