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. 1970 Nov;14(3):259–268. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1970.14-259

Negative reinforcement without shock reduction1

Philip N Hineline
PMCID: PMC1333732  PMID: 16811473

Abstract

Stable lever-press responding in rats was reliably produced and maintained by a procedure in which responses could delay shocks without affecting overall shock frequency. Responding was not maintained when the delay-of-shock involved an increase in overall shock frequency.

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