The Vienna comparative cognition technology (VCCT): An innovative operant conditioning system for various species and experimental procedures

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 909-918

  Steurer, Michael Morten ^a   Aust, Ulrike ^a   Huber, Ludwig ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Comparative cognition; Laboratory system; Learning experiments; Operant conditioning chamber

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALLITHRIX; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; METHODOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALLITHRIX; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; DOGS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; REPTILES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84870516130     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: 15543528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0198-9     Document Type: Article

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