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Demand Equations for Qualitatively Different Foods Under Fixed-Ratio Schedules: A Comparison of Three Data Conversions.

Concurrent schedules were used to establish 6 hens' preferences for three foods. The resulting biases suggested wheat was preferred over honey-puffed and puffed wheat, and puffed wheat was the least preferred food. The hens then responded under fixed-ratio schedules for each food in 40-min (excludin...

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Published in:Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior Vol. 92; no. 3; pp. 305 - 327
Main Authors: Foster, T. Mary, Sumpter, Catherine E., Temple, William, Flevill, Amanda, Poling, Alan
Format: Article
Published: Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior November 2009
Subjects:
Bird behavior
Animal feeding behavior
Food preferences
Reinforcement (Psychology)
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