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Following complete suppression of avoidance responding during, severe punishment, four marmoset monkeys were retrained and exposed to gradually increasing punishment intensities. After response rates stabilized, each session was divided into equally frequent, but mixed, unpunished-avoidance trials and punished-extinction trials. The number of punished-extinction trials was increased through two steps to a maximum. No evidence of extinction obtained until the avoidance contingency was completely withdrawn.
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1. This research was supported by Grant Number MH 06581 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Sandler, J., Davidson, R.S. & Malagodi, E. Durable maintenance of behavior during concurrent avoidance and punished-extinction conditions. Psychon Sci 6, 105–106 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327979
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