Reaction time signatures of discriminative processes: Differential effects of stimulus similarity and incentive

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-172

  Blough, Donald S ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISCRIMINATIVE STIMULUS; FEMALE; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PROCESS MODEL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 3242688729     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/bf03196017     Document Type: Article

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