Time and rate measures in choice transitions

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 135-154

  Cerutti, D T ^a,c   Staddon, J E R ^b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Psychological Sciences ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Changeover time; Choice; Conditioned reinforcement; Interresponse time; Interval schedules; Key peck; Pigeons; Wait time

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042667636     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.81-135     Document Type: Article

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