Using trained pouched rats to detect land mines: Another victory for operant conditioning

Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 351-355

  Poling, Alan ^a   Weetjens, Bart ^b   Cox, Christophe ^b   Beyene, Negussie W ^c   Bach, Harvard ^b   Sully, Andrew ^b  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Anti persoonsmijnen Ontmijnende Product Ontwikkeling ^*  (United States)

^c Geneva International Centre For Humanitarian Demining   (United States)

Author keywords

animal learning; applied behavior analysis; land mines; olfaction; pouched rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLAST INJURY; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MINING; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; RODENT; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BLAST INJURIES; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; MINING; RODENTIA; SMELL;

EID: 79958724329     PISSN: 00218855     EISSN: 19383703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1901/jaba.2011.44-351     Document Type: Article

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