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Rats were given 5, 15, or 60 training trials for 500 mg of food, which was delivered in either single- or multiple-pellet form. The pellet groups did not differ after 5 or 60 trials either at terminal acquisition or in extinction. After 15 trials, however, multiple pellets produced superior performance in acquisition as well as more rapid extinction than single pellets.
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This research was supported in part by NSFGB-3466, granted to Dr. John J. Porter, Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and was conducted as part of the author’s doctoral dissertation. The experiment was conducted during the author’s tenure as a NSF predoctoral trainee.
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Traupmann, K.L. Acquisition and extinction of an instrumental running response with single- or multiple-pellet reward. Psychon Sci 22, 61–63 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335940
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