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Rat Ss were trained in the free response bar-press apparatus under a single alternation pattern of partial reinforcement. After all Ss learned to respond at a low rate following reward and a high rate following non-reward, half were transferred to a double alternation pattern. The change did not affect the learned habits, and the results were interpreted as supporting the aftereffects hypothesis.
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This investigation was supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant M-1562 from the National Institute of Mental Health and National Institute of Mental Health postdoctoral fellowships to the authors.
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Bloom, J.M., Smith, N.F. Stimulus aftereffects of bar pressing. Psychon Sci 3, 23–24 (1965). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342998
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