Variation of bar-press duration: Where do new responses come from?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-223

  Roberts, Seth ^a   Gharib, Afshin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bar press duration; Instrumental learning; Response; Response variability; Variation

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FOOD INTAKE; LEARNING; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; EXPECTATION; FOOD; FRUSTRATION; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; REWARD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; PROBABILITY LEARNING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REWARD; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33646163219     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.03.003     Document Type: Article

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