Hungry pigeons make suboptimal choices, less hungry pigeons do not

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 884-891

  Laude, Jennifer R ^a   Pattison, Kristina F ^a   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice behavior; Gambling; Pigeons; Signaled reinforcement; Suboptimal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866765178     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0282-2     Document Type: Article

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