Learning the Temporal Dynamics of Behavior.

Machado, Armando

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ERIC Number: EJ548333

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Learning the Temporal Dynamics of Behavior.

Machado, Armando

Psychological Review, v104 n2 p241-65 Apr 1997

A dynamic model of how animals learn to regulate their behavior under time-based reinforcement schedules is presented. It assumes serial activation of behavioral states during the inter-reinforcement interval, an associative process linking the states and operant response, and a rule mapping the states onto response rate. (SLD)

Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Animals, Association (Psychology), Behavior Patterns, Learning, Models, Reinforcement, Responses, Time Factors (Learning)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health. Portions of the paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Quantitative Analysis of Behavior (Washington, DC, May 1995).