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    "pk": 5639,
    "title": "Inhibitory S-R Associations Influence the Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect",
    "subtitle": null,
    "abstract": "The Partial Reinforcement Extinction Effect (PREE) is the finding of more rapid extinction to a continuously reinforced cue than to a partially reinforced cue. Despite its well-documented existence, it has challenged many theoretical accounts of learning that assume the likelihood of responding is correlated with the strength of the learned Stimulus (S) – Response (R) association. While a number of explanations (notably by Amsel and Capaldi) of the PREE have been proposed, Rescorla (1999) reported a PREE using an entirely within-subjects design—a finding that runs counter to these proposed explanations. We describe how the PREE might be explained by the formation of inhibitory S-R associations that develop during the acquisition of partial reinforcement, but not continuous reinforcement. To test this proposal, we trained pigeons to peck a response key in the presence of one partially reinforced stimulus but also omitted the response key during the training of an alternative partially reinforced stimulus—thus preventing the development of inhibitory S-Rs to that latter stimulus. We found evidence for the PREE only for the partially reinforced stimulus where inhibitory S-Rs were capable of being formed, thus supporting our proposal. Alternative explanations of our procedure and its relevance to broader computational rules of learning is discussed.",
    "language": "en",
    "license": null,
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "instrumental conditioning"
        },
        {
            "word": "Law of Effect"
        },
        {
            "word": "habit"
        },
        {
            "word": "Pigeon"
        },
        {
            "word": "learning"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Research Article",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/3h34z46z",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Benjamin",
            "middle_name": "M",
            "last_name": "Seitz",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "UCLA",
            "department": "None"
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Aaron",
            "middle_name": "P",
            "last_name": "Blaisdell",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "UCLA",
            "department": "None"
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": "2023-03-05T17:28:05-08:00",
    "date_accepted": "2023-03-05T17:28:05-08:00",
    "date_published": "2024-04-03T09:00:00-07:00",
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