Associative symmetry, antisymmetry, and a theory of pigeons' equivalence-class formation

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-282

  Urcuioli, Peter J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisymmetry; Associative symmetry; Equivalence relations; Key peck; Pigeons; Stimulus classes; Successive matching

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; SYMBOLISM;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COLUMBIDAE; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SYMBOLISM;

EID: 59449084271     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2008.90-257     Document Type: Article

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