Experimental Psychology (Russia)
2019. Vol. 12, no. 4, 91–105
doi:10.17759/exppsy.2019120408
ISSN: 2072-7593 / 2311-7036 (online)
Sign-reference equivalence research methods in humans and animals
Abstract
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Keywords: stimulus equivalence, symmetry, concepts, matching-to-sample, sign, referent
Journal rubric: Evolutionary and Comparative Psychology
Article type: scientific article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/exppsy.2019120408
Funding. This research was funded by RSF (Russian Science Foundation), grant number 19-18-00477.
For citation: Samuleeva M.V., Smirnova A.A., Zorina Z.A. Sign-reference equivalence research methods in humans and animals. Eksperimental'naâ psihologiâ = Experimental Psychology (Russia), 2019. Vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 91–105. DOI: 10.17759/exppsy.2019120408. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)
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