Pavlovian-instrumental transfer is a phenomenon in which a classically conditioned stimulus, one previously paired with an unconditioned stimulus such as food, alters the rate or vigor of an unrelated operant behavior that was learned separately, by changing its motivational salience in the moment the conditioned stimulus is presented. The effect is used to study how classical and operant conditioning, usually described as separate learning processes, interact within the same underlying motivational system.
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WikipediaWikipedia Pavlovian-instrumental transfer lead paragraph (w-bbfill-psymath4-0926)
described by a neuroscience review on Pavlovian-instrumental transfer from 2013
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Pavlovian-instrumental transfer (PIT) is a psychological phenomenon that occurs when a conditioned stimulus (CS, also known as a "cue") that has been associated with rewarding or aversive stimuli via classical conditioning alters motivational salience and operant behavior.
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