Stimulus specificity and dishabituation of operant responding in humans

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-78

  Kenzer, Amy L ^a   Ghezzi, Patrick M ^a   Fuller, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dishabituation; Habituation; Humans; Operant conditioning; Stimulus specificity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881620353     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.29     Document Type: Article

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