Control of matching by differential outcome expectancies in the absence of differential sample-outcome associations: A serial compound view

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 449-466

  DeMarse, Thomas B ^a,b,c   Urcuioli, Peter J ^a,b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential outcomes; Matching to sample; Pigeons; Serial compounds

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

COLUMBA;

EID: 27844509054     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.31.4.449     Document Type: Article

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