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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Exp Anal Behav. 2014 Jul 5;102(2):151–161. doi: 10.1002/jeab.97

Table 3.

Summary of pigeon and rat studies investigating the amount effect.

Author Species Procedure* Amounts Result
Richards et al. (1997) Rat AA 100, 150, 200 μL No amount effect
Grace (1999) Pigeon CC Food duration varies; 2.5:1 ratio No amount effect
Green et al. (2004) Pigeon, Rat AA 5, 12, 20, 32 pellets for pigeons; 5, 12, 20 pellets for rats No amount effect
Ong and White (2004) Expt. 1 Pigeon CC 1, 4.5 sec of access Reverse amount effect
Ong and White (2004) Expt. 2 Pigeon CC 1, 4.5 sec of access No amount effect
Calvert et al. (2010) Rat AA 10, 30 pellets; 100, 500 μL No amount effect
Grace et al. (2012) Pigeon CC 1, 4.5 sec of access Amount effect
Orduña et al. (2013) Rat CC 1, 4 pellets Reverse amount effect
Present study Pigeon AA/CC combination 16, 32 pellets No amount effect
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AA = Adjusting-amount procedure; CC = concurrent-chains procedure