= Mobile conjugate reinforcement paradigm
A ribbon links an <infant>’s ankle to a mobile so kicking produces visible movement. Baseline kicking and a later nonreinforced test permit assessment of a learned contingency. A reminder moving the familiar mobile can reactivate later performance; the crucial control asks whether reminder exposure alone teaches the response.<Reactivation of infant memory by Carolyn Rovee-Collier and others>[Science 208, 1159–1161; mobile conditioning, reminder and retention experiments]{ref}
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