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An attempt is made to demonstrate that it is fruitless to attempt to define or restrict the types of relationships that can be learned on the basis of categories (e.g., “stimuli,” “responses”) that have no relationship whatsoever to the functional characteristics of the neural system mediating the experience of such relationships.
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Bolles, R. C. Reinforcement, expectancy, and learning. Psychological Review, 1972, 79, 394–409.
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Bolles, R. C. Reinforcement, expectancy, and learning. Psychological Review, 1972, 79,394–409.
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This paper was supported by Grant APA-193 from the National Research Council of Canada.
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Burstein, K.R. What is learned: All kinds of things. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 16, 232–234 (1980). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329530
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