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A two-phase experiment examining the production and utilization of odors under conditions of delay of reinforcement (Phases 1 and 2) but not reward-magnitude contrast (Phase 1) is presented. Appropriate odor-based patterning was shown only when animals entered an empty goalbox and reinforcement was subsequently delivered. Reducing reinforcement on selected trials (Phase 2) failed to result in the development of patterning by subjects entering a preloaded goalbox and did not significantly influence patterned responding that had already been established by those animals that entered an empty goalbox.
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This research was supported, in part, by a grant from the Research and Creativity Committee of Emporia State University to the first author.
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Davis, S.F., Weaver, M.S. Odor-mediated patterned responding as a function of delay of reinforcement but not reward-magnitude contrast. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 18, 331–333 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03333643
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