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J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process. 1978 Jan;4(1):22-36. doi: 10.1037//0097-7403.4.1.22.

The Rescorla-Wagner model: losses in associative strength in compound conditioned stimuli.

Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes

E F Kremer

PMID: 621465 DOI: 10.1037//0097-7403.4.1.22

Abstract

This series of experiments demonstrated that compound conditioned stimuli (CSs) highly conditioned in isolation lose conditioned response strength when compound-CS-unconditioned stimulus (US) pairings are given. This loss in conditioned responding was a positive function of the number of compound-CS-US pairings and was greater for the more salient stimulus. Finally, if a previously neutral stimulus was compounded with two previously conditioned cues, the neutral stimulus could acquire conditioned inhibitory properties with only compound-CS-US pairings. These results provide support for some aspects of the Rescorla-Wagner model.

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