Suboptimal choice by pigeons may result from the diminishing effect of nonreinforcement

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 12-21

  Laude, Jennifer R ^a   Stagner, Jessica P ^b   Zentall, Thomas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gambling; Inhibition; Pigeons; Suboptimal choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892460452     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xan0000010     Document Type: Article

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