Stimulus–reinforcer relations established during training determine resistance to extinction and relapse via reinstatement

Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 225-241

  Bai, John Y H ^a   Jonas Chan, C K ^a,b   Elliffe, Douglas ^a   Podlesnik, Christopher A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavioral momentum theory; concurrent schedule; keypeck; pigeon; reinstatement; resistance to extinction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; COLUMBIDAE; INSTRUMENTAL CONDITIONING; RECURRENT DISEASE; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RECURRENCE; REINFORCEMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84995701417     PISSN: 00225002     EISSN: 19383711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.227     Document Type: Article

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