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Analysis of the cockroach experimental data clearly indicates that several of the transition probabilities “forbidden” in the theoretical analysis of Church et al. do in fact occur, and furthermore, that there is a distinct temporal trend to these transition probabilities suggesting that the behavior of headless cockroaches changes as a function of training. Although these changes in transition probabilities are not definite proof that learning has occurred, they are consistent with the concept that learning has occurred in the headless cockroach using a yoked control in instrumental learning.
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We wish to thank Michael H. Branson, Professor, Department of Community Health Science, Michigan State University, for his help with this manuscript.
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Buerger, A.A., Eisenstein, E.M. & Reep, R.L. The yoked control in instrumental avoidance conditioning: An empirical and methodological analysis. Psychobiology 9, 351–353 (1981). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03326993
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03326993