Within-session modulation of timed anticipatory responding: When to start responding

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 204-206

  Balci, Fuat ^a   Ludvig, Elliot A ^b   Brunner, Dani ^c,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c PSYCHOGENICS INC   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Interval timing; Mice; Motivation; Operant responding; Peak procedure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RODENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; MALE; MODULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REINFORCEMENT; SATIETY; STEADY STATE; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FOOD; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 77956170055     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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