Reinforcer magnitude and rate dependency: Evaluation of resistance-to-change mechanisms

Behavioural Pharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 629-636

  Pinkston, Jonathan W ^a,b   Ginsburg, Brett C ^a   Lamb, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

clonidine; fixed interval; haloperidol; key peck; morphine; pigeon; rate dependency; reinforcer magnitude

Indexed keywords

CLONIDINE; HALOPERIDOL; MORPHINE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DRUG EFFECT; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; REINFORCEMENT; SPECIES EXTINCTION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; PIGEONS AND DOVES;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CLONIDINE; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; MORPHINE; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84907018283     PISSN: 09558810     EISSN: 14735849     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000077     Document Type: Article

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