Publications [#288060] of John E. Staddon

Journal Articles

1. Kello, JE; Staddon, JER (1974). Control of long-interval performance on mixed cyclic- interval schedules. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 4(1), 1-4. [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/03/28)

   Abstract:
   Pigeons were exposed to a series of cyclic-interval food reinforcement schedules in which each cycle comprised 12 1-min intervals followed by 2 2-min intervals, 2 6-min intervals, or 6 6-min intervals. Response rate was higher and postfood pause shorter in the long (2- or 6-min) than in the short (1-min) intervals. Response rate decreased and pause generally increased across successive 2-min intervals, but response rate increased and pause generally decreased across successive 6-min intervals. Performance in the 2-min intervals is consistent with a temporal discrimination account, but performance in the 6-min intervals supports earlier suggestions that some other factor (response “momentum”) may be involved when the long intervals are sufficiently longer than the short. © 1974, The Psychonomic Society, Inc.. All rights reserved.