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In two studies of avoidance rate increases occurring in the presence of an unrein forced light CS that had been independently paired with shock, it was shown that the time elapsing between CS onset and the next avoidance response (latency) was a function of the amount of avoidance-safe time remaining. In the first study, it was found that a formula (safe time/3) would closely predict all of the mean latencies at RS = 20 sec. In a systematic replication with RS = 30 sec, the monotonie relationship was replicated, although the formula failed to predict the data. It was further shown that the time until the next avoidance response was shortened by the light onset, so that both operant and Pavlovian variables interact to control latencies in conditioned acceleration.
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Riess, D., Bath, J. Operant and Pavlovian stimulus control of avoidance latencies in conditioned acceleration. Psychon Sci 19, 165–167 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335531
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