Matching-to-sample by pigeons: The dissociation of comparison choice frequency from the probability of reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Zentall, Thomas R ^a   Singer, Rebecca A ^b   Miller, Holly C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Intertrial interval (ITI); Matching to sample; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PROBABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISSOCIATION; MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROACTIVE INHIBITION; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

COLUMBA;

EID: 42249083735     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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