Bouts of responding on variable-interval schedules: Effects of deprivation level

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-167

  Shull, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bouts; Deprivation; Key poke; Log survivor plot; Rats; Satiation; Variable interval schedule

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042535436     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.81-155     Document Type: Article

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