Preconditioned cues have no value
Figures
Figure 1

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).
Figure 2

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).
Download links
A two-part list of links to download the article, or parts of the article, in various formats.
Downloads (link to download the article as PDF)
Open citations (links to open the citations from this article in various online reference manager services)
Cite this article (links to download the citations from this article in formats compatible with various reference manager tools)
Preconditioned cues have no value
eLife 6:e28362.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.28362