Operant generalization of auditory tempo in quail neonates

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 145-149

  Schneider, Susan M ^a   Lickliter, Robert ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COLINUS; HEARING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; NEWBORN; REINFORCEMENT; TIME PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLINUS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 62649164377     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.1.145     Document Type: Article

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