The costs of eating: a behavioral economic analysis of food refusal.
Behavioral economic concepts were applied to the analysis and treatment of pediatric feeding disorders in a clinical setting. In Experiment 1, children who chronically refused food were presented with varying amounts of food on a spoon (empty, dipped, quarter, half, and level). Each child exhibite...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 245 - 261 |
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Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Fall95
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