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Conditioning using the method of Ivanov-Smolensky was investigated in children and adults, with measures taken of both overt and EMG responses. Neither group showed evidence of conditioning under the overt measure. However, the EMG measure showed clear evidence of acquisition for both groups, with children showing no extinction and the adults immediate extinction. It was suggested that while Ss inhibited overt CRs, the EMG measure was sensitive in detecting a preparatory component of the UCR, and that this component was readily conditioned.
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Solberg, K.B., Tyre, T.E. & Stinson, G.M. Ivanov-Smolensky conditioning in adults and children using an electromyographic response measure. Psychon Sci 18, 365–366 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332402
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