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It is shown that the current “two-factor” theory of nerve excitation can account for sustained inhibition or enhancement by a sequence of stimulus pulses, and for the decrease in the reinforcement period with each successive pulse of the train.
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Young, G. On reinforcement and interference between stimuli. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 3, 5–12 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478102
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