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A direct comparison is made of the reversal index and the reversal-acquisition ratio with a group of squirrel monkeys. The results indicate further merits and limitations of each as measures of discrimination-reversal skills in primates.
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Jeeves, M.A., Winefield, A.H. Discrimination-reversal skills in squirrel monkeys: The reversal index and the reversal-acquisition ratio compared. Psychon Sci 14, 221 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332803
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