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Modes of responding in simultaneous and successive discrimination problems were investigated using a bidirectional transfer procedure. Rats receiving training on a simultaneous discrimination problem were transferred to successive discriminations. Rats trained on a successive problem were transferred to simultaneous problems. The transfer problems were either compatible or incompatible with the response mode present during training. The results suggest that a single response mode may underlie the solution of both simultaneous and successive discrimination problem.
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This project was supported in part by a grant from the Robin Reyser Memorial Research Fund at the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Pullen, M.R., Turney, T.H. Response modes in simultaneous and successive visual discriminations. Animal Learning & Behavior 5, 73–77 (1977). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209134
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