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Acquisition of a button-pressing response for three values of a DRL schedule was observed for 12 human Ss under instructions to win as many points, indicated by a flashing light, as possible. All Ss showed a rapid development of a temporal discrimination and a rapid transition from DRL 3 sec. to DRL 6 sec. to DRL 10 sec. Several characteristics of stable DRL behavior were observed to be similar to those found with animal Ss.
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Carter, D.E., MacGrady, G.J. Acquisition of a temporal discrimination by human subjects. Psychon Sci 5, 309–310 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328413
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