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The assumption that conditioning (growth of H) developed in Ss who gave no eyelid CRs in an initial series of 10 reinforced trials was supported by data which showed that a subsequent test involving a difference in UCS intensity (level of D) led to a difference in level of response to the CS.
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1. This research was supported by a project concerned with human conditioning under contract Nonr-375(18) between the University of Texas and the Office of Naval Research and by a Public Health Service fellowship (28,642-01) from N.I.M.H. to the second author. The authors wish to thank Abigail Capaldi and John Tyler for their assistance in collecting data.
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Spence, K.W., Deaux, E. Conditioning (habit growth) in the absence of CRs. Psychon Sci 6, 61–62 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327957
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