Local effects of delayed food

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 241-260

  Davison, Michael ^a   Baum, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice; Contingency discriminability; Delayed food; Generalized matching; Key peck; Pigeons; Preference pulses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PIGEONS AND DOVES; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34247268632     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2007.13-06     Document Type: Article

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