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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 33, 1981 - Issue 2
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The effects of a signal for free or for earned reward: Implications for the role of response-reinforcer associations in instrumental performance

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Pages 95-107 | Received 18 Mar 1980, Published online: 29 May 2007

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