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A light and a buzzer each maintained an opposing directional response that avoided shock in a shuttlebox. When the light was combined with the buzzer on the side on which Ss avoided to the buzzer, latency of avoidance was greater than was latency to the buzzer alone. When the buzzer was combined with the light on the side on which Ss avoided to the light, latency was less than it was to the light alone. The results were interpreted in terms of response summation and differential stimulus control.
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Miller, L., Waibel, H. & Pudelko, G. Compounding of stimuli maintaining opposing response tendencies in an instrumental avoidance situation. Psychon. Sci. 17, 263–264 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336519
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