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A stimulus associated with non-reinforcement is reinforcing when it predicts reinforcement.
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Hendry, D.P., Coulbourn, J.N. Reinforcing effect of an informative stimulus that is not a positive discriminative stimulus. Psychon Sci 7, 241–242 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331096
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