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Three groups of rats were allowed to make 50 bar-press responses with a 1-sec delay of reinforcement. Following 25 of these responses, a 1-sec cue light was presented with the patterning varied between groups. The group which had the cue present from the beginning of training showed the greatest resistance to extinction.
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Schaub, R.E., Bugelski, B.R. & Horowitz, M. The conditions governing secondary reinforcers. Psychon Sci 12, 224 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331281
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