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Investigated was the effect of nonrewarded confinement duration on patterning in rats at a 24-hr ITI. Confinements of 120 sec. produced patterning while confinements of 30 sec. did not. These results are consistent with previous findings employing both short and long ITI.
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1. This research was supported in part by National Institute of Child and Health Development Research Grant HD 00949-04 to the first author.
2. We obtained the 30 sec. value from an expanded version of the Psychonomic Science Article Surridge and Amsel later submitted to J. exp. Psychol.
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Capaldi, E.J., Lynch, D. Patterning at 24-hour ITI: Resolution of a discrepancy more apparent than real. Psychon Sci 6, 229–230 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328041
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