Operant conditioning of the skin resistance response with different intensities of light flashes
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Operant conditioning of the skin resistance response was obtained using a dim flash of white light as the reinforcing stimulus. The results confirm earlier reports using similar procedures from another laboratory, show no differential effect of the illuminance of a reinforcing light, and contrast sharply with a study which failed to replicate previous studies using light flashes as the reinforcer. Assessment by postsession questionnaire yielded little evidence for awareness of the contingency relationship.
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تاریخ انتشار 2013