In a repeated-shifts study, a negative contrast effect was obtained when a group of rats was shifted from 0- to 20-sec. delayed food reward only in the first, but not the second, shift. No positive contrast effect was obtained in either shift when a group of rats was shifted from 20- to 0-sec. delayed food reward. Shifts in delay are not repeatedly effective in inducing negative contrast and not effective at all in inducing positive contrast.
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