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  • Animal behavior research

Background:

  • Resurgence is a behavioral process where a previously extinguished response reappears.
  • Previous research on repeated resurgence procedures yielded inconsistent findings regarding the magnitude of the resurging response.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effect of repeated iterations of the resurgence procedure on the magnitude of the resurging response.
  • To clarify inconsistencies in previous findings regarding resurgence magnitude across procedure repetitions.

Main Methods:

  • Four pigeons were exposed to a six-iteration resurgence procedure.
  • The procedure involved reinforcement, extinction of a recent response, reinforcement of a previously extinguished response, and finally, no programmed consequences.

Main Results:

  • Resurgence was observed in 87.5% of opportunities.
  • Iteration-over-iteration increases in resurgence magnitude were observed in 75.0% of opportunities and were statistically significant.

Conclusions:

  • Repeated exposure to the resurgence procedure can lead to a general increase in the magnitude of the resurging response.
  • These findings provide evidence for a systematic increase in resurgence under specific experimental conditions.