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Pigeons were given extensive training in a two link response chain with a variable interval (VI) schedule in each link. Some animals were given relatively massed training and small food rewards (nonsatiation training); others distributed training and large food rewards (satiation training). During extinction, animals with high training in the satiation condition differed from other animals in that they showed higher response rates in the initial link relative to the terminal link.
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1. The author would like to thank Dr. M. Haith, J. Coppeto, and especially Dr. E. Fantino for help in this research, which was supported throughout by NSF Grant NSF-GB-3626 to Yale University, E. Fantino, Principal Investigator.
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Fischer, K.W. The effect of degree and type of training upon extinction of a response chain in pigeons. Psychon Sci 9, 403–404 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330867
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