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Differential eyelid conditioning performance to complex (color and form) stimuli was compared under standard-instructional and masking-task conditions. Although excellent differential conditioning was obtained with standard instructions, there was very little differential responding when a simple time estimation masking task was employed.
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1. Supported by PHS Grant MH 10235 and PHS Training Program HD 00117.
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Ross, L.E., Wilcox, S.M. & Mayer, M.J. A simple eyelid conditioning masking task and its effect on differential conditioning. Psychon Sci 9, 333–334 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327834
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