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Using a video camera, scanning, latency, and accuracy measures were obtained during nursery school children’s discrimination learning. Similar functions were obtained for both learners and nonlearners.
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1. This research was supported in part by: Grants MH07346 and HD02898 from the National Institutes of Health, NSF undergraduate research program NSFGY2850 where the Junior author submitted the material as an undergraduate honors thesis. We thank staff, parents, and children of Children’s Research Center Preschool for their cooperation.
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Scott, K.G., Christy, M. Dependent measures of children’s discrimination learning. Psychon Sci 12, 53–54 (1968). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03331185
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