The effects of variable-ratio punishment on rats' lever pressing maintained by variable-interval reinforcement
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Animal Psychology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0916-8419
DOI: 10.2502/janip.55.71