The Effects of Punishment on Resurgence in Laboratory Rats

Psychological Record

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 315-321

  Kestner, Katie ^a   Redner, Ryan ^b   Watkins, Erin E ^a   Poling, Alan ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Extinction; Lever press response; Nose poke response; Operant behavior; Punishment; Rats; Resurgence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928666199     PISSN: 00332933     EISSN: 21633452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40732-014-0107-y     Document Type: Article

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