A laboratory model of canine search vigilance decrement, II: Noncontingent reward and Pavlovian appetitive stimuli.
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DOI: 10.1002/jeab.838
Abstract: Detection dogs have demonstrated reduced performance in operational settings when required to search in an environment where few to no target odors are present. This study's purpose was to increase detection dog accuracy using noncontingent… read more here.
Keywords: context odor; reward; odor prevalence; experimental dogs ... See more keywords