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Spontaneous Recovery

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Spontaneous recovery is the reappearance of an extinguished conditioned response after a period of rest.

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After extinction and a day's delay, the tone produces salivation again, weaker than before.

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Spontaneous recovery is the evidence that extinction suppresses rather than deletes.

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