Body weight manipulation, reinforcement value and choice between sucrose and wheel running: A behavioral economic analysis

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-156

  Belke, Terry W ^a   Pierce, W David ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Body weight; Choice; Lever press; Rat; Substitutability; Sucrose; Wheel running

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; RODENT; SUCROSE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RUNNING; SUCROSE;

RATTUS;

EID: 58249103220     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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