Target-absent controls in blocking experiments with rats

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 145-148

  Taylor, Kathleen M ^a   Joseph, Victory T ^b   Balsam, Peter D ^a,b   Bitterman, M E ^c,d  

^a USA   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TARGET ABSENT CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONED REFLEX; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 46649112562     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.36.2.145     Document Type: Article

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