Impaired instrumental choice in crib-biting horses (Equus caballus)

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 137-140

  Parker, Matthew ^a   Redhead, Edward S ^a   Goodwin, Deborah ^a   McBride, Sebastian D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent chain schedules; Dopamine; Horse; Stereotypy; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EQUUS CABALLUS; HORSE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINFORCEMENT; STEREOTYPY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 43249100233     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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