Publications (D. S. Grant):

  • Grant, D. S. (2011). Effect of intermittent reinforcement on acquisition and retention in delayed matching-to-sample in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 42, 33-45. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (2009). Use of samples differing markedly in salience may encourage use of a single-code/default strategy in matching-to-sample in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 40, 386-393. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (2007). Training delays reduce the choose-short effect with keylight, but not with food, duration samples in pigeons. Behavioural Processes, 74, 209-216. [Special Issue: The Psychology of Time: A Tribute to the Contributions of Russell M. Church.] Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (2006). Training delays reduce the choose-short effect with keylight duration samples in pigeons. Behavioural Processes, 72, 139-148. [Special Issue: Comparative Cognition: A Tribute to the Contributions of William A. Roberts.]  Abstract
  • Talarico, D. C., & Grant, D. S. (2006). Effect of training delays and start and stop markers on the choose-short effect in pigeons. Behavioural Processes, 71, 98-106. [Special Issue: Interval timing: The Current Status.] Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (2006). Asymmetrical sample training and asymmetrical retention functions in one-to-one and many-to-one matching in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 37, 209-229.  Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Talarico, D. C. (2004). Processing of empty and filled time intervals in pigeons. Learning & Behavior, 32, 477-490. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Blatz, C. W. (2004). Asymmetrical sample training produces asymmetrical retention functions in feature-present/feature-absent matching in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 35, 53-70. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (2001). Memory for empty time intervals in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 29, 293-301. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (2001). Many-to-one matching with temporal and hedonic samples in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 32, 477-498. Abstract
  • Kelly, R., & Grant, D. S. (2001). A differential outcomes effect using biologically neutral outcomes in delayed matching-to-sample with pigeons. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 54B, 69-79. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (2001). Anticipation and short-term retention in pigeons. In R. G. Cook (Ed.), Avian visual cognition. http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/grant.
  • Grant, D. S. (2000). Influence of intertrial interval duration on the intertrial agreement effect in delayed matching-to-sample with pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 26, 288-297. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (2000). Short-term retention in delayed simple and conditional discriminations with pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 31, 41-53. Abstract
  • Kelly, R., Spetch, M. L., & Grant, D. S. (1999). Influence of nonmemorial factors on manifestation of short-sample biases in choice and successive matching-to-duration tasks with pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 25, 297-307. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (1998).  The effect of variable-delay training on the coding of event duration.  Learning and Motivation, 29, 49-67. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1998). Directed forgetting in pigeons. In J. M. Golding & C. MacLeod (Eds.), Intentional forgetting: Interdisciplinary approaches (pp. 239-264). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Conclusion
  • Grant, D. S., Spetch, M. L., & Kelly, R. (1997). Pigeons' coding of event duration in delayed matching-to-sample. In C. M. Bradshaw & E. Szabadi (Eds.), Time and behaviour: Psychological and neuro-behavioural analyses (pp. 217-264).  Amsterdam: Elsevier. Conclusion
  • Spetch, M. L., Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (1996). Procedural determinants of coding processes in pigeons' memory for duration. Learning and Motivation, 27, 179-199. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Kelly, R. (1996). The role of sample discriminability and minimum wait time in the coding of event duration in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 27, 243-259. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Soldat, A. S. (1995). A postsample cue to forget does initiate an active forgetting process in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 21, 218-228. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Spetch, M. L. (1994). Mediated transfer testing provides evidence for common coding of duration and line samples in many-to-one matching in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 22, 84-89. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Spetch, M. L. (1994). The role of asymmetrical coding of duration samples in producing the choose-short effect in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 25, 413-430. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Spetch, M. L. (1993). Analogical and nonanalogical coding of samples differing in duration in a choice-matching task in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 19, 15-25. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Robinson, T. C. (1993). Cross-stimulus transfer of timing in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 21, 106-112. Abstract
  • Spetch, M. L., & Grant, D. S. (1993). Pigeons' memory for event duration in choice and successive matching-to-sample tasks. Learning and Motivation, 24, 156-174. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Spetch, M. L. (1993). Memory for duration in pigeons: Dissociation of choose-short and temporal-summation effects. Animal Learning & Behavior, 21, 384- 390. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1993). Coding processes in pigeons. In T. R. Zentall (Ed), Animal cognition: Essays in honor of Donald A Riley (pp 193-216). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Conclusion
  • Grant, D. S., & Barnet, R. C. (1991). Irrelevance of sample stimuli and directed forgetting in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 55, 97-108. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Spetch, M. L. (1991). Pigeons' memory for event duration: Differences between choice and successive matching tasks. Learning and Motivation, 22, 180-199. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1991). Symmetrical and asymmetrical coding of food and no-food samples in delayed matching in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 17, 186-193. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & MacDonald, S. E. (1990). An evaluation of the role of dual coding in mediating the effect of incorrectly cuing the comparison dimension in delayed matching in pigeons. Animal Learning & Behavior, 18, 151-156. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1989). Use of an ambiguous-sample procedure to establish a cue to forget in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 52, 325-334. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1988). Directed forgetting in pigeons: Tests of transfer of cue effectiveness across samples from different dimensions. Learning and Motivation, 19, 122-141. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1988). Sources of visual interference in delayed matching-to-sample with pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 14, 368-375. Abstract
  • MacDonald, S. E., & Grant, D. S. (1987). Effects of signaling retention interval length on delayed matching-to-sample in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 13, 116-125. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & MacDonald, S. E. (1986). Matching to element and compound samples in pigeons: The role of sample coding. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 12, 160-171. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1986). Delayed alternation and short-term memory in the rat. In D. F. Kendrick, M. Rilling, & M. R. Denny (Eds.), Theories of animal memory (pp. 153- 171). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Grant, D. S. (1986). Establishing a forget cue in pigeons using the intratrial interference procedure. Animal Learning & Behavior, 14, 267-275. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Marshal, M. L. (1985). Short-term retention in rats: The effect of goal arm confinement on delayed alternation performance. Animal Learning & Behavior, 13, 109-115. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1984). Rehearsal in pigeon short-term memory. In H. L. Roitblat, T. G. Bever, & H. S. Terrace (Eds.), Animal cognition (pp. 99-115). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Conclusion
  • Grant, D. S. (1984). Directed forgetting and intratrial interference in pigeon delayed matching. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 38, 166-177. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Wilkie, D. M. (1984). Introduction to Special Issue on Animal Memory. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 38, 149-153.
  • Grant, D. S., Brewster, R. G., & Stierhoff, K. A. (1983). "Surprisingness" and short-term retention in pigeons. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 9, 63-79. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1982). Samples of stimuli, responses, and reinforcers: Effect of incongruent sample type, serial position, and mode of presentation. Animal Learning & Behavior, 10, 7-14. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1982). Stimulus control of information processing in rat short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 8, 154-164. [Reprinted in N. A. Marlin (Ed.), Directed readings for the principles of learning and behavior. Monterey, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1986.] Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1982). Prospective versus retrospective coding of samples of stimuli, responses, and reinforcers in delayed matching with pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 13, 265- 280. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1982). Intratrial proactive interference in pigeon short-term memory: Manipulation of stimulus dimension and dimensional similarity. Learning and Motivation, 13, 417-433. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1981). Stimulus control of information processing in pigeon short-term memory. Learning and Motivation, 12, 19-39. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1981). Short-term memory in the pigeon. In N. E. Spear & R. R. Miller (Eds.), Information processing in animals: Memory mechanisms (pp. 227-256). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Summary
  • Grant, D. S. (1981). Intertrial interference in rat short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 7, 217-227. Abstract
  • Leccese, A. P., & Grant, D. S. (1980). Posttrial injections of strychnine sulfate: Facilitation of consolidation or retrieval? Animal Learning & Behavior, 8, 258-264. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1980). Delayed alternation in the rat: Effect of contextual stimuli on proactive interference. Learning and Motivation, 11, 339-354. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., Greer, S. M., & Severance, D. D. (1979). Irrelevant incentive learning under hunger and thirst as assessed by discrimination transfer. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 33, 51-56. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., Greer, S. M., & Severance, D. D. (1979). Irrelevant incentive learning and two-process theory. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 14, 297-300. Abstract
  • Roberts, W. A., & Grant, D. S. (1978). Interaction of sample and comparison stimuli in delayed matching-to-sample with the pigeon. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 4, 68-82. Abstract
  • Roberts, W. A., & Grant, D. S. (1978). An analysis of light-induced retroactive inhibition in pigeon short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 4, 219-236. Abstract
  • Herzog, H. L., Grant, D. S., & Roberts, W. A. (1977). Effects of sample duration and spaced repetition upon delayed matching-to-sample in monkeys (Macaca arctoids and Saimiri sciureus). Animal Learning & Behavior, 5, 347-354. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Roberts, W. A. (1976). Sources of retroactive inhibition in pigeon short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 2, 1-16. Abstract
  • Roberts, W. A., & Grant, D. S. (1976). Studies of short-term memory in the pigeon using the delayed matching-to-sample procedure. In D. L. Medin, W. A. Roberts, & R. T. Davis (Eds.), Processes of animal memory (pp. 79-112). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Conclusion
  • Grant, D. S. (1976). Effect of sample presentation time on long-delay matching in the pigeon. Learning and Motivation, 7, 580-590. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S. (1975). Proactive interference in pigeon short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 1, 207-220. Abstract
  • Roberts, W. A., & Grant, D. S. (1974). Short-term memory in the pigeon with presentation time precisely controlled. Learning and Motivation, 5, 393-408. Abstract
  • Grant, D. S., & Roberts, W. A. (1973). Trace interaction in pigeon short-term memory. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 101, 21-29. [Reprinted in: L. Aguado (Ed.), Lecturas sobre aprendizaje animal. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Debate, 1983.] Abstract