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The Egger-Miller information hypothesis was tested in the CER situation using a nonoverlapping compound conditioning procedure. Six rats were given both delayed and compound conditioning trials consisting of identical CS-US intervals. The findings provided no support for the hypothesis, and further indicated that temporal factors contributed only partially to attenuated suppression in S1.
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This research was partially supported by NSF Grant No. 616-015 to the University of Florida.
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Scheuer, C., Keeter, W.H. Temporal vs discriminative factors in the maintenance of conditioned suppression: A test of the information hypothesis. Psychon Sci 15, 21–23 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336175
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