Reward magnitude and timing in pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 359-363

  Ludvig, Elliot A ^a   Balci, Fuat ^b   Spetch, Marcia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fixed intervals; Interval timing; Motivation; Peak procedure; Pigeons; Reward magnitude

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; DECISION MAKING; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORCED CHOICE METHOD; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; REWARD; SATIETY; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD; TIME PERCEPTION;

COLUMBA;

EID: 79952629137     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2011.01.003     Document Type: Article

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