A reliance on null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) and misinterpretations of its results
are thought to contribute to the replication crisis while impeding the development of a …

The behavior systems framework suggests that motivated behavior—eg, seeking food and
mates, avoiding predators—consists of sequences of actions organized within nested …

Operant behavior typically occurs in bouts and pauses. The microstructural analysis of bouts
and pauses reveals important and separable information about the physical characteristics …

Rats' performance on a progressive-ratio schedule maintained by sucrose (0.6 M, 50 μl) and
corn oil (100%, 25 μl) reinforcers was assessed using a model derived from Killeen's (1994) …

The purpose of this study was to analyze the response pattern difference between variable-
ratio (VR) and variable-interval (VI) schedules of reinforcement by modeling interresponse …

The generalized matching law (GML) is reconstructed as a logistic regression equation that
privileges no particular value of the sensitivity parameter, a. That value will often approach 1 …

Response bouts are clusters of responses that occur in rapid succession and are
punctuated by pauses during which the response does not occur. Under variable interval …

The effect of lever height on the temporal organization of reinforced lever pressing was
examined. Lever pressing was reinforced on a variable-interval 30-s schedule in rats, with …

Three experiments examined human rates and patterns of responding during exposure to
various schedules of reinforcement with or without a concurrent task. In the presence of the …

According to the biexponential refractory model (BERM) of variable-interval (VI)
performance, operant behavior is organized in bouts, described by 3 dissociable …