Human behavioral momentum in a sample of older adults.
Part of a special section on aging. A study was conducted to examine behavioral momentum, which is the persistence of behavior under altered environmental contingencies, in a sample of older adults. The analysis explored whether changing the operant schedule contingencies has an effect on the resp...
| Published in: | Journal of General Psychology Vol. 126; no. 2; pp. 165 - 176 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
April 1999
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