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Matching Law

The Matching Law is a quantitative principle in operant conditioning that specifies the relationship between the relative rates of response and the relative rates of reinforcement in concurrent schedules of reinforcement, such that an individual's response allocation matches the proportion of reinforcers obtained from each alternative.

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ON TWO TYPES OF DEVIATION FROM THE MATCHING LAW: BIAS AND UNDERMATCHING<sup>1</sup>

William M. Baum · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1974 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Research on self-control: An integrating framework

A. W. Logue · Behavioral and Brain Sciences · 1988 · 793 citations

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Ten Year Revision of the Brief Behavioral Activation Treatment for Depression: Revised Treatment Manual

Carl W. Lejuez, Derek R. Hopko, Ron Acierno et al. · Behavior Modification · 2011 · 589 citations

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DYNAMIC RESPONSE-BY-RESPONSE MODELS OF MATCHING BEHAVIOR IN RHESUS MONKEYS

Brian Lau, Paul W. Glimcher · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 2005 · 523 citations · Full text

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FORMAL PROPERTIES OF THE MATCHING LAW<sup>1</sup>

R. J. Herrnstein · Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior · 1974 · 470 citations · Full text

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  1. MD
    Michael Davison

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    15 publications · 879 citations

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  2. WM
    William M. Baum

    University of California, Davis, United States

    14 publications · 2.6K citations

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  3. RC
    Randolph C. Grace

    University of Canterbury, New Zealand

    10 publications · 520 citations

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  4. AW
    A. W. Logue

    Stony Brook University, United States

    8 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. JS
    James S. MacDonall

    Fordham University, United States

    6 publications · 168 citations

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  1. University of Auckland

    Auckland, New Zealand

    15 h-index

    27 publications

    1.8K citations

  2. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    11 h-index

    16 publications

    3.2K citations

  3. University of New Hampshire at Manchester

    Manchester, United States

    9 h-index

    12 publications

    1.1K citations

  4. University of Waikato

    Hamilton, New Zealand

    8 h-index

    18 publications

    694 citations

  5. University of Florida

    Gainesville, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    1.1K citations

  6. Stony Brook University

    Stony Brook, United States

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. University of Canterbury

    Christchurch, New Zealand

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    275 citations

  8. Universidad de Guadalajara

    Guadalajara, Mexico

    6 h-index

    6 publications

    214 citations

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  1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior

    110 publications · 9.1K citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis

    JABA · 21 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Journal of Organizational Behavior Management

    5 publications · 112 citations

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  5. Behavioural Pharmacology

    5 publications · 102 citations

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