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Nineteen rats learned a spatial discrimination and reversal in a WGTA. There was a significant negative correlation between errors during initial learning and the reversal index (r = -.523, p <.05), a significant positive correlation between errors during reversal learning and the reversal index (r = +.679, p <. 01), and a low positive correlation between errors during initial learning and errors during reversal learning (r = +.143).
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This work was supported by the President's Research Committee, University of British Columbia. Mr. Michael Judd assisted in the collection of data.
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Valle, F.P. Correlations between error scores and the reversal index in rats. Psychon. Sci. 17, 283–284 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03336530
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