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A within-subjects experiment is described in which the transswitching paradigm was used to evaluate the effect of CS-US pairing on conditioned and unconditioned responding. Three different tonic auditory stimuli served as contexts within which the CS was administered alone, the US was administered alone, or the CS and US were paired. The magnitudes of the CR and UR were both influenced by pairing (CR higher and UR lower in paired context). Tonic response differences were not significant. The results demonstrated the utility of the transswitching method for within-subjects conditioning experiments.
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Kimmel, H.D., Gardner, K.A. Transswitching as a means of studying within-subjects conditioning effects. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 18, 315–317 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333638
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333638