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Pigeons were trained with or without responses permitted in the S-of an intradimensional tonal frequency discrimination. Subsequent generalization tests yielded steep gradients only for those Ss that responded during S-. Area shift also occurred for these Ss.
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Chitwood, P.R., Griffin, P. The effects of response prevention via operandum removal in the S- of a tonal discrimination. Psychon Sci 27, 37–38 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328882
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