Response rate is not an effective mediator of learned stimulus equivalence in pigeons

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-295

  Frank, Andrea J ^a   Wasserman, Edward A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ART; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; TRAINING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33751063623     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03192858     Document Type: Article

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