Learning Behavioral Repertoires with Different Consequences Hinders the Interconnection of These Repertoires in Pigeons in the Box Displacement Test

The interconnection of repertoires is a behavioral process related to problem solving and creativity. Experiments on this topic have mostly used a single reinforcer type during training. Reinforcers have an integrative effect on the emergence of new behavior; however, this assumption was never directly tested in procedures that result in the emergence of the interconnection of repertoires. To test this, six pigeons learned to: (1) push a box...