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The theoretical definition of behavioural reinforcers has proved to be a difficult problem. Experiments with rats now suggest that a feature common to reinforcers may be the ability to generate or condition incentive-motivational properties in a previously neutral stimulus.
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BINDRA, D., CAMPBELL, J. Motivational Effects of Rewarding Intracranial Stimulation. Nature 215, 375–376 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/215375a0
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