Within-session delay-of-reinforcement gradients

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-35

  Reilly, Mark P ^a,b   Lattal, Kennon A ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delay gradients; Delayed reinforcement; Key pecking; Pigeons; Progressive delays; Within session

Indexed keywords

EID: 4744338743     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2004.82-21     Document Type: Article

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