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Science 13 January 1967:
Vol. 155. no. 3759, pp. 201 - 203
DOI: 10.1126/science.155.3759.201
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Transfer Following Operant Conditioning in the Curarized Dog

A. H. Black 1

1 Departmenit of Psychology, McMaster University, Hamilton. Ontario, Canada

Dogs were trained to press a pedal to avoid shock. They were then operantly reinforced for making or for refraining from making a series of electromyographic responses while almost completely curarized. Tests after recovery from curarization showed that operant conditioning under curare influenced the original pedal-press response.

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