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In a three-variable factorial design, sets of eight random shapes of high, medium or low geometric complexity were paired with response labels. The stimuli were exposed for 12 sec or 5 sec. During training half the Ss received stimuli in the tactual modality, and the other half got visual stimuli. The groups switched modalities during recognition testing. The T-V sequence produced greater transfer than the V-T sequence.
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1. The results herein formed a part of the author’s Master’s Thesis.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03330982.
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Eastman, R. The relative crossmodal transfer of a form discrimination. Psychon Sci 9, 197–198 (1967). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03330827
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