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In a Y maze isopods, Porcellio scaber, learned a position discrimination and six reversals; a light was presented following incorrect responses. There was no significant decrease in the number of errors or trials to criterion over the seven discriminations.
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1. This research was completed while the writer was at Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Part of the paper was read at Washington State Psychological Association Convention in Rosario, Washington, May, 1963.
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Harless, M.D. Successive reversals of a position response in isopods. Psychon Sci 9, 123–124 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330790
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