Suboptimal Choice by Pigeons: Evidence that the Value of the Conditioned Reinforcer Rather than its Frequency Determines Choice.

In an analog of human gambling, pigeons prefer a suboptimal alternative that infrequently provides a signal that is reliably associated with reinforcement over the more optimal alternative that yields more reinforcement. We hypothesized that pigeons are sensitive to the conditioned reinforcement tha...

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Publicado en:	Psychological Record Vol. 65; no. 2; pp. 223 - 230
Autores principales:	Zentall, Thomas, Laude, Jennifer, Stagner, Jessica, Smith, Aaron
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Jun2015
Materias:	Choice (Psychology) Reinforcement (Psychology) Pigeons Stimulus & response (Psychology) Gambling
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