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Rats were trained on reinforcement schedules which generated high or low response rates. After extinguishing responding by eliminating food-reinforcement delivery, response-independent food presentations reinstated responding. Higher response rates occurred if the schedule preceding extinction controlled high response rates, suggesting that discriminative stimulus properties of the reinforcer were a function of antecedent training schedules.
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Franks, G.J., Lattal, K.A. Antecedent reinforcement schedule training and operant response reinstatement in rats. Animal Learning & Behavior 4, 374–378 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214424
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