This vieo reminds me of the very early attempts to pair unconditioned stimulii to novel (neutral) ones. In this silent video, a dog is conditioned to fear a metronome which has been paired with an electric shock.
This has to do with the power of motivatin as a learning tool. We had thought that it was mainly primary reinforcers such as food and water that were at the heart of training and motivating. Perhaps, now, we know differently
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