Reward magnitude effects on temporal discrimination

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-124

  Galtress, Tiffany ^a   Kirkpatrick, Kimberly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisection; Psychophysical function; Rat; Reward magnitude; Temporal discrimination; Timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949264233     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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