Oscillations following periodic reinforcement

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-188

  Monteiro, Tiago ^a   Machado, Armando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Behavioral oscillations; Discrete Fourier transform; Fixed interval schedule; Peak procedure; Periodic reinforcement; Pigeon; Timing

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORM; GAMEBIRD; OSCILLATION; PERIODICITY;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FOOD; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PARAMETER; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; RELIABILITY;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

COLUMBA;

EID: 64949190831     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2008.10.003     Document Type: Article

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