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Four rhesus monkeys were trained on delayed response in the WGTA and subjected to lesions of the middle third of sulcus principalis. Two monkeys were very severely impaired in postoperative retention tests; two Ss manifested milder deficits in postoperative performance. It was concluded that the middle third of sulcus principalis is important for the mediation of delayed response as well as delayed alternation and that the two tasks probably are equivalent measures of the same supramodal learning process.
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This research was supported by Grant MH 04726 from the National Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health Service.
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Warren, J.M., Divac, I. Delayed response performance by rhesus monkeys with midprincipalis lesions. Psychon Sci 28, 146–148 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328689
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