"The stone which the builders rejected...": Delay of reinforcement and response rate on fixed-interval and related schedules

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 71, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 77-87

  Wearden, J H ^a   Lejeune, Helga ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Delay of Reinforcement; Fixed interval schedules; Mixed fixed interval schedules; Peak rates; Running rates; Temporal Control

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR;

MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 31544457855     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2005.08.006     Document Type: Review

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