The proportion of fixed interval trials to probe trials affects acquisition of the peak procedure fixed interval timing task

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 100-108

  Kaiser, Daren H ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed interval; Peak procedure; Rat; Timing

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; RODENT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RAT; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LEARNING; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TIME PERCEPTION;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 36849021566     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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