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In four experiments, rats learned initial response-outcome (R-O) associations in an instrumental training task. They then were given training of those same responses either with another outcome (Experiments 1 and 2) or with nonreward (Experiments 3 and 4). The presence of the original R-O associations was detected by measuring the depressive effect on responding of devaluing that O by pairing with LiCl. The results indicated that the original R-O associations remained intact through both potentially interfering treatments.
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This research was supported by National Science Foundation Grants BNS 83-08176 and BNS-88-03514.
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Rescorla, R.A. Preservation of response-outcome associations through extinction. Animal Learning & Behavior 21, 238–245 (1993). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197988
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03197988