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With the use of a licking-based CER procedure, latent inhibition effects were reliably demonstrated with rats in acquisition and extinction regardless of whether or not a 1-h period was interpolated between massed CS preexposure trials and acquisition. Preconditioning CS-alone trials prevented effective conditioning on the first trial, but not on the second.
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This research was supported by Grant APA-223 from the National Research Council of Canada. The experimental assistance of Walter Mostoway is greatly appreciated.
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James, J.P. Latent inhibition and the preconditioning-conditioning interval. Psychon Sci 24, 97–98 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331770
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