A theory of attending, remembering, and reinforcement in delayed matching to sample

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 285-317

  Nevin, John A ^a,d   Davison, Michael ^b   Odum, Amy L ^c   Shahan, Timothy A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Auckland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Attending; Delayed matching to sample; Reinforcer delay; Reinforcer probability; Remembering; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 35349023601     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2007.88-285     Document Type: Article

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