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A two-stage procedure was used to investigate conditions that facilitate the tendency to shift attention from one dimension to another (from color to form) in a discrimination-learning situation. It appeared that attention in Stage 2 had at least three determinants: (1) dimension relevance of the Stage 1, (2) dimension dominance of the S, and (3) novelty of the cues.
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SANDERS, B., ROSS, L. E., & HEAL, L. W. Reversal and nonreversal shift learning in normal children and retardates of a comparable mental age. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1965, 69, 84–88.
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This research was supported in part by NIMH Grant MH 11371-01 and NICHD Grants HD-43 and HD-973. These data were reported at the annual meeting of the Southeast Section of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, October 1965, Nashville, Tenn.
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Heal, L.W., George, R.T. & Bransky, M.L. The role of cue novelty and dimension dominance in the discrimination shifts of retardates. Psychon Sci 18, 107–108 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335720
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335720