Effects of d-amphetamine on behavior maintained by signaled and unsignaled delays to reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Thomas, Lee D ^a   Hughes, Christine E ^a   Pitts, Raymond C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

d Amphetamine; Delay discounting; Delay signals; Keypeck; Pigeons; Self control

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DEXAMPHETAMINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GAMEBIRD; SIGNALING;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL DETECTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TIME;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEXTROAMPHETAMINE; MALE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

COLUMBA;

EID: 64949088216     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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