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Two experiments are reported in which rats were allowed to retrace from the goal box during extinction. The main results were that, contrary to an implication of the interference theory of extinction, rats so treated did not show reduced resistance to extinction, and, as a matter of fact, showed some statistically reliable improvements in running time.
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1. This research was supported in part by USPHS Research Grant HD-00895 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and by USPHS Research Career Award 1-K6-MH-22,023 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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Marx, M.H. Resistance to extinction as a function of delay of reinforcement and the opportunity to retrace in the runway. Psychon Sci 8, 287–288 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331665
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