"Causal Reasoning" in Rats: A Reappraisal

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 578-586

  Dwyer, D M ^a   Starns, J ^a   Honey, R C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayes casual nets; Lloyd Morgan; response competition

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; EATING; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CUES; EATING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 70350449296     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015007     Document Type: Article

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