A good time to leave?: The sunk time effect in pigeons

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 105, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-5

  Magalhães, Paula ^a   White, K Geoffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Choice; Extinction; Fixed interval; Sunk cost; Sunk time

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSISTENCE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; COLUMBA LIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FOOD; NONHUMAN; REFERENCE MEMORY; REWARD; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUNK TIME EFFECT; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLUMBIDAE; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; REWARD;

EID: 84896055634     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: 18728308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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