Response-food delay gradients for lever pressing and schedule-induced licking in rats

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 218-227

  Pellón, Ricardo ^a   Pérez Padilla, Ángeles ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Control by consequences; Fixed time food schedule; Lever pressing; Rats; Response food delays; Schedule induced licking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD DEPRIVATION; MALE; RATS; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84874358204     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-012-0099-x     Document Type: Article

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