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Golden hamsters were preexposed to circles and triangles in an otherwise visually sparse environment where opportunity to manipulate the forms was varied for the early experience groups. Although early experience with these stimuli enhanced their later discriminability over that shown by control animals that received no early experience, opportunity to manipulate the forms produced no additional gain in perceptual learning relative to Ss not allowed to manipulate the preexposed shapes.
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This research was supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (MH 20076-01).
The authors are indebted to David Benedict, Ronald Feldman, and Gregg Daniels for their aid in the conduct of this study.
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Anton, B.S., Bennett, T.L. Role of tactual-kinesthetic feedback in transfer of perceptual learning in the golden hamster. Psychon Sci 28, 157–158 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328693
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