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A one-trial-a-day procedure was used to investigate the effects of US-CS pairings on extinction of conditioned suppression of licking by rats. Following acquisition trials, response suppression was immediately eliminated when US preceded CS, but it reappeared during subsequent CS-alone presentations. Ss that received backward pairings reached a significant level of extinction one trial before Ss that received conventional extinction trials.
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This research was supported by Grant APA-223 from the National Research Council of Canada.
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Burdick, C.K., James, J.P. Effects of a backward conditioning procedure following acquisition on extinction of conditioned suppression. Animal Learning & Behavior 1, 137–139 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03214580
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