Survival of the partial reinforcement extinction effect after contextual shifts

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 304-323

  Boughner, Robert L ^a   Papini, Mauricio R ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual shifts; Partial reinforcement extinction effect; Rats; Renewal

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750431737     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2005.09.001     Document Type: Article

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