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Following barpress training with different terminal fixed ratios (FR), rats were given the interpolated experiences of runway acquisition and extinction (as part of another experiment) followed by 2 months of vacation. Then they were tested in FR 10 barpress reacquisition, FR 10 barpress extinction, consistently reinforced runway reacquisition, and a second runway extinction. In a start (response initiation) measure, resistance to extinction during the FR 10 extinction and in the second runway extinction was positively related to the terminal FR values of the initial barpress training, an indication of highly durable differential persistence effects attributable to the initial training to different terminal fixed ratios of barpress responding.
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The experiment was supported by Grant GB-14990X from the National Science Foundation to Abram Amsel. Preparation of manuscript was supported both by GB-14490X and by Grant 3A8635 from the National Research Council to P. T. P. Wong.
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Wong, P.T.P., Amsel, A. Prior fixed ratio training and durable persistence in rats. Animal Learning & Behavior 4, 461–466 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214440
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