Response Rate and Reinforcement Rate in Pavlovian Conditioning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 375-384

  Harris, Justin A ^a   Carpenter, Joanne S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Delay conditioning; Magazine approach; Matching Law; Rat; Variable interval

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONDITIONED REFLEX; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT; TIME; WISTAR RAT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TIME FACTORS;

HYLOBATIDAE; RATTUS;

EID: 80054976956     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024554     Document Type: Article

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