On the role of attention in naturally occurring matching relations

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 429-443

  St Peter, Claire C ^a   Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Bourret, Jason C ^a,c   Borrero, Carrie S W ^a   Sloman, Kimberly N ^a   Rapp, John T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Texana MHMR   (United States)

^c NEW ENGLAND CENTER FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior disorders; Descriptive observations; Functional analysis; Matching law

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTOMUTILATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33646079884     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2005.172-04     Document Type: Article

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