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Trial-and-error and errorless training procedures were used to train two killer whales on a simple visual discrimination problem. Both whales demonstrated difficulties in solving the problem under trial-and-error training. The relative effectiveness of the two training procedures is evaluated.
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White, D., Spong, P., Cameron, N. et al. Visual discrimination learning in the killer whale (Orcinus orca). Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 3, 187–188 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03208129
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