An Analysis of Associative Learning in Drosophila at the Flight Simulator
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" An adequate formulation of the interaction between an organism and its environment must always specify three things (1) the occasion upon which a response occurs, (2) the response itself and (3) the reinforcing consequences. The interrelations among them are the contingencies of reinforcement. " Burrhus F. Skinner
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