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During Phase 1, rats received contingent reinforcement (food), noncontingent reward, or no treatment in an operant chamber. The results, which did not support a “leamed-helplessness” interpretation, showed response-independent food to facilitate rather than inhibit the acquisition of a running response in the straight alley during Phase 2.
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Calef, R.S., Metz, R.A., Atkinson, T.L. et al. Acquisition of running in the straight alley following experience with response-independent food. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 22, 67–69 (1984). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333763
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