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Squirrel monkeys learned to avoid hypoxia by pressing a bar. Each bar-press replaced the noxious gas mixture with normal air for 3 sec. The data further indicated that O2 itself has no positive reinforcing effect.
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Zwirner, P.P., Jäggi, U.H. Hypoxia as a negative reinforcing stimulus in the squirrel monkey. Experientia 33, 1180–1181 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01922314
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