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Is the “click” a secondary reinforcer?

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    Irene Mackintosh Hulicka

  2. University of Texas, USA

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Mackintosh Hulicka, I., Capeheart, J. Is the “click” a secondary reinforcer?. Psychol Rec 10, 29–37 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395844

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