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A total of 68 albino rats, distributed across three experiments, received differential reward magnitude training in a nonchoice brightness discrimination apparatus. The results showed that performance to a given amount of S- reward varied between groups that received the same average reward in the runway situation, and between groups that received the same stimulus-specific incentives but different amounts of average reward in the situation.
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McHose, J.H., McHewitt, E.R. & Peters, D.P. Average reward as a determinant of S- performance in differential conditioning. Psychon Sci 29, 129–132 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342568
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