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Contribution to the theory of discrimination learning

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In the first two sections, which deal, respectively, with simple and double (or successive) discrimination, a comparison is made between the theory presented and certain experiments on time discrimination. Section III sets forth a possible theoretical approach to multiple choice discrimination.

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    Terrell L. Hill & Laura E. Hill

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Hill, T.L., Hill, L.E. Contribution to the theory of discrimination learning. Bulletin of Mathematical Biophysics 7, 107–114 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02478312

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