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The effects of a noncontingent feeding procedure following extinction of a runway response were investigated with 24 rats as Ss. Following acquisition and extinction training, four groups were formed and individually placed into the goal box and fed 0, 5, 10, or 20 food pellets on each of 4 days. The effects of this procedure were tested by again running the Ss to an empty goal box. Running speeds were reinstated for each of the fed groups and the speed of running varied with reward magnitude. These data were discussed in terms of incentive theory and Capaldi’s aftereffects hypothesis.
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This research was partially supported by Research Grant 8835 from the National Science Foundation awarded to the senior author by Southern Methodist University and by Grant ND-05362 from NINDB to the Bureau of Child Research of the University of Kansas.
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Campbell, P.E., Fixsen, D.L. & Phillips, E. The reinstatement effect: Amount of noncontingent reward in the runway. Psychon Sci 14, 228–229 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332808
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