Avoidance of timeout from response-independent food: Effects of delivery rate and quality

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-181

  Richardson, Joseph V ^a   Baron, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avoidance efficiency; Food amount; Food quality; Free operant avoidance; Lever press; Rats; Timeout from food; Variable time schedules

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LONG EVANS RAT; MALE; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 45549092454     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2008.89-169     Document Type: Article

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