Unexamined Potential Effects of the Noncontingent Delivery of Reinforcers

European Journal of Behavior Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-69

  DeLeon, Iser G ^a   Williams, Dean ^b   Gregory, Meagan K ^c   Hagopian, Louis P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 77955819918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2377729X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15021149.2005.11434250     Document Type: Article

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