Human choice behaviour in a frequently changing environment

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-126

  Krägeloh, Christian U ^a   Zapanta, Alvin E ^a   Shepherd, Daniel ^a   Landon, Jason ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice behaviour; Concurrent schedule; Humans; Matching; Mouse click

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONCURRENT SCHEDULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FEMALE; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449171587     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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