Contextual control of operant behavior: Evidence for hierarchical associations in instrumental learning

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 281-288

  Trask, Sydney ^a   Bouton, Mark E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Instrumental learning; Occasion setting; Operant behavior; Reinforcer devaluation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEMALE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; REINFORCEMENT; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84905651555     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13420-014-0145-y     Document Type: Article

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