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Direct linkWilliams, Dean C.; Saunders, Kathryn J.; Perone, Michael – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2011
We conducted three experiments to reproduce and extend Perone and Courtney's (1992) study of pausing at the beginning of fixed-ratio schedules. In a multiple schedule with unequal amounts of food across two components, they found that pigeons paused longest in the component associated with the smaller amount of food (the lean component), but only…
Descriptors: Experiments, Experimental Psychology, Reinforcement, Animals
