Investigations of timing during the schedule and reinforcement intervals with wheel-running reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-247

  Belke, Terry W ^a   Christie Fougere, Melissa M ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fixed interval; Lever pressing; Peak procedure; Rat; Timing; Wheel running reinforcement

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REINFORCEMENT; RESPONSE TIME; RUNNING; SEX RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 33750034577     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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