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. 1968 Jan;11(1):1–8. doi: 10.1901/jeab.1968.11-1

Auto-shaping of the pigeon's key-peck1

Paul L Brown, Herbert M Jenkins
PMCID: PMC1338436  PMID: 5636851

Abstract

Reliable acquisition of the pigeon's key-peck response resulted from repeated unconditional (response-independent) presentations of food after the response key was illuminated momentarily. Comparison groups showed that acquisition was dependent upon light—food pairings, in that order.

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