Operant behavior of rats under fixed-interval reinforcement schedules: A dynamical analysis via the extended return map

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 215-240

  Li, Jay Shake ^a   Krauth, Joachim ^b   Huston, Joseph P ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Extended return map; Fixed interval schedules; Operant; Rat

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STATISTICS; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; STATISTICS;

EID: 33745121863     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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