Reinforcement omission in concurrent fixed-interval and random-interval schedules

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 334-341

  Ishii, Taku ^a   Sakagami, Takayuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Key peck; Pigeon; Reinforcement schedule

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; CONDITIONING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CALCULATION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PROBABILITY; REINFORCEMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME PERCEPTION;

COLUMBA;

EID: 33847159649     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.004     Document Type: Article

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