Abstract
Rats were tested in eight conditions. Trial 1 exposed S, through plastic plates, to the two arms of a T maze, each of a different brightness. Prior to Trial 2, on which choice was permitted, one or both arms were changed in brightness. The magnitudes of the proportions of choice of the changed side were not fully consistent with the size of the brightness changes; hence, a scaling analysis was not justified. One set of Ss was re tested after 4 months; the correlation between the conditions on initial test and retest was.90, when entry of an arm with four feet was used as the choice measure.
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O’Connell, R. The response to stimulus change as a brightness sealing technique. Psychon Sci 22, 275–277 (1971). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335952
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