Towards a mathematical model of within-session operant responding

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 292-302

  Bittar, Estêvão G ^a   Del Claro, Kleber ^a   Bittar, Lucas G ^b   Da Silva, Michelle C P ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arousal; Models; Motivation; Response rate; Satiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME;

ANIMALS; AROUSAL; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RATS; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84871852424     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029086     Document Type: Article

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