THEORY OF BEHAVIORAL POWER FUNCTIONS
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(1978). THEORY OF BEHAVIORAL POWER FUNCTIONS. PSYCHOLOGICAL REVIEW, 85(4). pp. 305-320. 10.1037//0033-295X.85.4.305. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/6003.This is constructed from limited available data and may be imprecise. To cite this
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John E. R. Staddon
James B. Duke Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience
Until my retirement in 2007, my laboratory did experimental research on learning and
adaptive behavior, mostly with animals: pigeons, rats, fish, parakeets. We were particularly
interested in timing and memory, feeding regulation, habituation and the ways in which
pigeons and rats adapt to reward schedules. The aim is to arrive at simple models
for learning that can help to identify the underlying neural mechanisms. I continue
to do theoretical and historical work on the power law in
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