Human performance on a two-alternative rapid-acquisition choice task

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Lie, Celia ^a   Harper, David N ^a   Hunt, Maree ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice; Concurrent schedules; Humans; Local reinforcer effects; Matching

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GAMEBIRD; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; RODENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ALGORITHMS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; YOUNG ADULT;

COLUMBA; RATTUS;

EID: 64949097335     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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