Preconditioned cues have no value

  1. Melissa J Sharpe  Is a corresponding author
  2. Hannah M Batchelor
  3. Geoffrey Schoenbaum  Is a corresponding author
  1. NIDA Intramural Research Program, United States
  2. Princeton University, United States
  3. University of New South Wales, Australia
  4. University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
  5. The Johns Hopkins University, United States
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Preconditioned cues do not support conditioned reinforcement.

Rates of responding are represented as percent time spent in the magazine during cue presentation (Figures A, B, and D) or number of lever presses (±SEM). Graphs show preconditioning (A), conditioning (B), conditioned reinforcement (C), and Pavlovian probe tests (D).

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28362.002
Second-order conditioned cues do support conditioned reinforcement.

Rates of responding are represented as percent time spent in the magazine during cue presentation (Figures A, B, and D) or number of lever presses (±SEM). Graphs show preconditioning (A), conditioning (B), conditioned reinforcement (C), and Pavlovian probe tests (D).

https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28362.003

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  1. Melissa J Sharpe
  2. Hannah M Batchelor
  3. Geoffrey Schoenbaum
(2017)
Preconditioned cues have no value
eLife 6:e28362.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28362