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The conditions for temporal tracking under interval schedules of reinforcement
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Ludvig, Elliot Andrew and Staddon, J. E. R. (2004) The conditions for temporal tracking under interval schedules of reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behavior Processes, Volume 30 (Number 4). pp. 299-316. doi:10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.299
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.299
Abstract
On many cyclic-interval schedules, animals adjust their postreinforcement pause to follow the interval
duration (temporal tracking). Six pigeons were trained on a series of square-wave (2-valued) interval
schedules (e.g., 12 fixed-interval [FI] 60, 4 FI 180). Experiment 1 showed that pigeons track square-wave
schedules, except those with a single long interval per cycle. Experiments 2 and 3 established that tracking and nontracking are learned and both can transfer from one cyclic schedule to another. Experiment 4 demonstrated that pigeons track a schedule with a single short interval per cycle, suggesting that a dual process—cuing and tracking—is necessary to explain behavior on these schedules. These findings suggest a potential explanation for earlier results that reported a failure to track square-wave schedules.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Time perception in animals, Reinforcement learning, Reinforcement (Psychology), Pigeons -- Psychology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Experimental Psychology : Animal Behavior Processes | ||||
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association | ||||
| ISSN: | 0097-7403 | ||||
| Official Date: | October 2004 | ||||
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| Volume: | Volume 30 | ||||
| Number: | Number 4 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 299-316 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.299 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | Duke University, Fonds FCAR (Québec), National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.) (NIMH) |
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