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Complex dynamic processes in sign tracking with an omission contingency (negative automaintenance).
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12561133     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Hungry pigeons received food periodically, signaled by the onset of a keylight. Key pecks aborted the feeding. Subjects responded for thousands of trials, despite the contingent nonreinforcement, with varying probability as the intertrial interval was varied. Hazard functions showed the dominant tendency to be perseveration in responding and not responding. Once perseveration was accounted for, a linear operator model of associative conditioning further improved predictions. Response rates during trials were correlated with the prior probabilities of a response. Rescaled range analyses showed that the behavioral trajectories were a kind of fractional Brownian motion.
Authors:
Peter R Killeen
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes     Volume:  29     ISSN:  0097-7403     ISO Abbreviation:  J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process     Publication Date:  2003 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2003-02-03     Completed Date:  2003-04-11     Revised Date:  2010-09-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7504289     Medline TA:  J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  49-61     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Arizona State University, Box 1104, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1104, USA. killeen@asu.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Association Learning
Columbidae
Conditioning, Classical*
Conditioning, Operant*
Discrimination Learning
Feeding Behavior
Female
Male
Models, Theoretical
Reinforcement (Psychology)*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
K05 MH001293-05/MH/NIMH NIH HHS; K05 MH01293/MH/NIMH NIH HHS
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