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A light and a tone each maintained a certain speed of an instrumental running response in a straight alley. When the light and tone were combined, their compound maintained a faster running speed than that maintained by either the light or tone alone. The results were interpreted in terms of summation of the response tendencies maintained by each stimulus and further demonstrated the wide generality of this phenomenon.
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Miller, L., Price, R.D. Stimulus compounding and response summation with an instrumental running response. Psychon Sci 22, 52–53 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335935
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