Effects of repeated acquisitions and extinctions on response rate and pattern

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 322-328

  Guilhardi, Paulo ^a   Yi, Linlin ^a   Church, Russell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Duration; Extinctions; Fixed interval; Memory; Reinforcement rate

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; APPETITE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33746620587     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.322     Document Type: Article

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