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Behavioral variability in an evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics.

Journal of the experimental analysis of behavior - 1 Mar 2016

Popa Andrei, McDowell J J

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McDowell's evolutionary theory of behavior dynamics (McDowell, 2004) instantiates populations of behaviors (abstractly represented by integers) that evolve under the selection pressure of the environment in the form of positive reinforcement. Each generation gives rise to the next via low-level Darwinian processes of selection, recombination, and mutation. The emergent patterns can be analyzed and compared to...

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PMID: 27002687
DOI: 10.1002/jeab.199

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