Mechanisms and performance measures in mastery-based incremental repeated acquisition: Behavioral and pharmacological analyses

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-341

  Bailey, J M ^a   Johnson, Joshua E ^a   Newland, M Christopher ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backward chaining; D Amphetamine; Forward chaining; Incremental repeated acquisition; Learning; Lever press; Low dose; Rats

Indexed keywords

DEXAMPHETAMINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; LEARNING; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AMPHETAMINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953291419     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-010-1801-3     Document Type: Article

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