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Direct linkLau, Brian; Glimcher, Paul W. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
We studied the choice behavior of 2 monkeys in a discrete-trial task with reinforcement contingencies similar to those Herrnstein (1961) used when he described the matching law. In each session, the monkeys experienced blocks of discrete trials at different relative-reinforcer frequencies or magnitudes with unsignalled transitions between the…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Reinforcement, Animals, Animal Behavior
