A three-component model of relational responding in the transposition paradigm

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 63-80

  Lazareva, Olga F ^a   Young, Michael E ^b   Wasserman, Edward A ^c  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generalization; Model; Nonlinear mixed effects modeling; Reinforcement history; Relational learning

Indexed keywords

COLUMBA;

EID: 84892488417     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xan0000004     Document Type: Article

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