Extending effects of salience and payoffs on stimulus discrimination: An experimental simulation of prescription checking

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 375-386

  Schell, Kraig L ^a   Hunsaker, Cory ^a   Kelley, Kyle ^a  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRESCRIPTION; READING; REINFORCEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; READING; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOKEN ECONOMY;

EID: 33846201620     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.2.375-386     Document Type: Article

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