Payne and others, within a Hullian framework, have analytically defined reactive inhibition in terms of a negative drive occurring within the effector system. In strong support, they have demonstrated that the maintenance of work decrement is dependent upon limb, but not task, specificity. However, equally creditable research by Adams allows interpretations of inhibition based on the processing of information. These contrasting arguments are evaluated, and an initial model integrating the two is proposed.
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