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The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B
Comparative and Physiological Psychology
Volume 40, 1988 - Issue 2
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Motivational control of instrumental performance: The role of prior experience of the reinforcer

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Pages 113-134 | Published online: 29 May 2007

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