Ludvig, E.A. and Staddon, J.E.R. (2004) The conditions for temporal tracking under interval schedules of reinforcement. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 30 (4). pp. 299-316. ISSN 0097-7403
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.
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2009 13:56 |
Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2009 13:56 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.299 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Apa American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/0097-7403.30.4.299 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6646 |