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Ss who received unpaired presentations of the CS and UCS following a series of paired presentations of the stimuli showed an immediate increase in spontaneous blink rate which was similar to but of longer duration than the increase shown by Ss for whom the UCS intensity was increased and the stimuli remained paired.
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1. This study was supported by NIMH fellowships no. 28, 642-02 and 30, 398-02 to the first and second author respectively. We thank Dr. Kenneth W. Spence and Dr. Janet T. Spence for their cooperation and assistance.
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Deaux, E., Deaux, K.K. Effect of extinction trials on spontaneous blinking. Psychon Sci 7, 73–74 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331084
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