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Two experiments were performed on rats to determine the effect on postpellet licking of preceding a pellet with a 15-sec tone. Experiment 1, a group design, showed less licking during a tone consistently followed by a pellet than during a tone not consistently followed by a pellet. In Experiment 2, within-subjects comparisons were made of postpellet licking rates during the presence vs. absence of a tone followed by additional pellets, and consistent reductions of licking during the later portions of the tone were found. The results support the notion that licking is produced by a Pavlovian S−.
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Stone, W., Lyon, D.O. & Anger, D. Suppression of postpellet licking by a Pavlovian S+. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 12, 117–119 (1978). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03329644
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