Psychology of learning: A new approach to study behavior of Rhodnius prolixus stal under laboratory conditions

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 721-731

  Abramson, Charles I ^a   Frasca, Joseph ^a   Fehr, Ryan ^a   Romero, Enrique Sulbaran ^b   Lizano, Eliecer ^b   Aldana, Elis ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

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EID: 33244460862     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.3.721-731     Document Type: Review

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