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Delay of altruistic reinforcement effects resemble those for conventional reinforcement in showing a decreasing monotonic gradient of response speed (100/latency) (p <.001). Results were obtained in a discrete-trials escape conditioning situation, employing the simulated suffering of another person as the noxious
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This research was supported by Grant GS-27652 from the National Science Foundation to the senior author.
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Weiss, R.F., Cecil, J.S. & Frank, M.J. Steep delay of reinforcement gradient in escape conditioning with altruistic reinforcement. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 372–374 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334416
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