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Several lines of work involving reinforcement manipulations have produced early performance differences between differentially reinforced subjects. Late in training, these differences have disappeared. In the present study, similar effects were found using 10- and 30-sec delays of reinforcement. Delay shifts produced an NCE but no PCE. It is proposed that the late acquisition effects have not been considered in most learning models.
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McCain, G., Lobb, M., Almand, W. et al. Delay of reinforcement: Extended training and multiple shifts. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 7, 539–541 (1976). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03337276
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