Contingency discriminability and peak shift in concurrent schedules

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-30

  Krägeloh, Christian U ^a   Elliffe, Douglas M ^a   Davison, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice; Contingency discriminability; Key peck; Multiple concurrent schedules; Peak shift; Pigeons; Stimulus control

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; ATTENTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 33746228105     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2006.11-05     Document Type: Article

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