Instrumental responding following reinforcer devaluation

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1981, Pages 109-121

  Adams, Christopher D ^a   Dickinson, Anthony ^b  

^a University of Cambridge ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84885422671     PISSN: 02724995     EISSN: 14641321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14640748108400816     Document Type: Article

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