A comparison of responses and stimuli as time markers

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 298-302

  Caetano, Marcelo S ^a   Church, Russell M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DRL; Rat; Time marker; Timing; Yoked control procedure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSTIMULATION; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WHITE NOISE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME PERCEPTION;

RATTUS;

EID: 64949127657     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.01.014     Document Type: Article

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