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In ORE studies, prior to reversal learning, overtrained rats are maintained on a food deprivation schedule for a longer period of time (the number of days in overtraining) than criterion-trained rats. This procedure results in a confounding between training and drive. The present research suggests that the overtrained animals’ extended food deprivation schedule does not contribute to the ORE.
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A summary of this study was presented at the 1972 annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. The research was supported in part by a grant from the Wake Forest University Research and Publications Fund and by Grant MH 16962-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service.
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Hargrave, D., Wood, F. & Richman, C.L. Reversal learning as a function of length of the deprivation schedule and the amount of training. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 1, 15–16 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333323
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333323