Level of deprivation does not affect degree of discounting in pigeons

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 148-158

  Oliveira, Luís ^a   Calvert, Amanda L ^a   Green, Leonard ^a   Myerson, Joel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusting amount; Delay discounting; Deprivation; Hyperboloid function; Magnitude effect; Pigeon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84882635792     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-012-0092-4     Document Type: Article

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