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Rats were given discriminated conditioned-suppression training. After the discrimination was well established, further trials were administered during which the signal for nonshock (CS-) was compounded with the signal for shock (CS+) during selected portions of CS+ presentation. Shocks continued to be delivered following CS+. It was shown that CS- reduced suppression in a readily controllable manner.
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Cappell, H.D., Herring, B. & Webster, C.D. Discriminated conditioned suppression: Further effects of stimulus compounding. Psychon Sci 19, 147–149 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335520
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