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Groups of rats trained with 60 or 198 trials on a one vs. three pellet T-maze place discrimination task were subsequently taught the reverse of the task. During reversal the high incentive alternative contained nine pellets while the reward on the other side remained three pellets. The number of incorrect choices during reversal was directly related to amount of initial training. Significant increases and decreases in running speeds to the high and low incentive alternatives, respectively, were observed during reversal training.
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1. This research was supported by a grant, NSP GB-2910, to the second author.
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Fidell, S., Birch, D. The effect of overtraining on reversal learning under conditions of no nonreinforcement. Psychon Sci 8, 27–28 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330650
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