Reinforcer devaluation by extinction depends on the food restriction protocol

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 124-129

  Baker, Tyson W ^a   Weisman, Ronald G ^a   Beninger, Richard J ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditioned reinforcer; Extinction; Food restriction; Heterogeneous chain schedule; Incentive learning; Proximal schedule; Reinforcer devaluation

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CONDITIONING; FOOD LIMITATION; RODENT; WEIGHT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; GROWTH; LEARNING; MALE; MEAL; NONHUMAN; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TRAINING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

RATTUS;

EID: 84860148379     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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