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A basic free operant procedure was used to study stimulus matching of color with pigeons in order to determine whether matching could be established with four different combinations of matching colors and no nonmatching stimuli present during training. Subsequent generalization tests using both matching and nonmatching stimulus combinations showed that the matching concept had been obtained.
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1. This research was supported by Public Health Service Grant MH 13178-01.
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Malott, R.W., Malott, M.K. & Svinicki, J. Acquisition of stimulus matching without the use of non-matching stimuli. Psychon Sci 9, 21–22 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330739
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