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A yoked control double blind procedure was employed to demonstrate the free operant conditioning of the human eyelid response with reward. A high rate of conditioning was obtained for experimental Ss when compared to their initial operant level and/or the yoked controls. A statistically reliable conditioning effect was obtained even when the analysis included only those Ss unable to verbalize the response reward contingency relationship (“unaware Ss”).
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Schumsky, D.A., Richman, C.L. & Trinder, J. Free operant conditioning of the human eyelid response. Psychon Sci 8, 237–238 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331639
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