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A loud, abrupt auditory startle stimulus was presented 1, 17, and 27 sec following termination of a classically conditioned, fear-evoking, second-order stimulus. Forward, second-order conditioned Ss consistently exceeded the startle magnitudes of backward, second-order conditioned controls at all intervals with one exception (the 1-sec interval).
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This research was supported, in part, by Grants MH 12135-02, MH 14436-01, and MH 15364-01 from the National Institutes of Health, USPHS. These data were reported at the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Salt Lake City, 1967.
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Anderson, D.C., Johnson, D. & Kempton, H. Second-order fear conditioning as revealed through augmentation of a startle response: Part I. Psychon Sci 16, 5–7 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331882
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