Learning and Motivation publishes original experimental papers addressed to the analysis of basic phenomena and mechanisms of
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Lloyd, P., & Beveridge, M. (1981). Information and meaning in child communication. New York: Academic Press.
McSweeney,
F.K., Swindell, S., & Weatherly, J.N. (1999). Within-session response patterns during variable interval, random reinforcement, and
extinction procedures. Learning and Motivation30, 221-240.
Miller, R.R., & Matzsel, L.D. (1988). The comparator
hypothesis: A response rule for the expression of associations. In G. H. Bower (Ed.), The psychology of learning and motivation:
Advances in research and theory (Vol. 22). New York: Academic Press.
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