Reinforcer magnitude and resistance to disruption of forgetting functions and response rates

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 373-384

  Berry, Meredith S ^a   Odum, Amy L ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed matching to sample; Extinction; Forgetting functions; Memory; Prefeeding; Reinforcer magnitude; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; COLOR VISION; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MOTIVATION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLUMBIDAE; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84899474058     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.86     Document Type: Article

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