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An audiovisual stimulus was made contingent upon the rat’s licking at the water spout, thus making it analogous with a gustatory stimulus. When the audiovisual stimulus and the gustatory stimulus were paired with electric shock the avoidance reactions transferred to the audiovisual stimulus, but not the gustatory stimulus. Conversely, when both stimuli were paired with toxin or x-ray the avoidance reactions transferred to the gustatory stimulus, but not the audiovisual stimulus. Apparently stimuli are selected as cues dependent upon the nature of the subsequent reinforcer.
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This research stems from doctoral research carried out at Long Beach V. A. Hospital and supported by NIH No. RH00068. Thanks are extended to Professors B. P. Ritchie, D. Krech and E. R. Dempster, U. C. Berkeley, California.
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Garcia, J., Koelling, R.A. Relation of cue to consequence in avoidance learning. Psychon Sci 4, 123–124 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342209
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