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When a fixed-interval schedule requirement is sometimes followed by food reinforcement and sometimes by a neutral stimulus, this stimulus comes to approximate the reinforcing functions of food.
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1. This work was supported by a grant (MH 12108-01) from the National Institutes of Health. Reprints may be obtained from Allen J. Neuringer, Foundation for Research on the Nervous System, 36 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02215.
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Chung, SH., Neuringer, A.J. Control of responding by a percentage reinforcement schedule. Psychon Sci 8, 25–26 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330649
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