Experimental control of nodality via equal presentations of conditional discriminations in different equivalence protocols under speed and no-speed conditions

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 107-124

  Imam, Abdulrazaq A ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equivalence protocols; Humans; Matching to sample; Mouse click; Nodal number; Nodality effect; Response accuracy; Response speed; Stimulus equivalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; REVIEW;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33645286786     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.58-04     Document Type: Review

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