Conditional reinforcers and informative stimuli in a constant environment

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-60

  Boutros, Nathalie ^a   Davison, Michael ^a   Elliffe, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Concurrent schedule; Conditional reinforcement; Keypeck; Local analyses; Percentage reinforcement; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENT; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 64849115091     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jeab.2009.91-41     Document Type: Article

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