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Presentations of a light stimulus SD (milk-reinforced), interspersed with varying SΔ light stimuli (not reinforced), yielded generalization gradients of response latency (“reaction time”) for 2 albino rats. Gradients also appeared when “failure to respond” was used as the behavioral measure. The latter type of gradient changed with continued training, first in the direction of indicating increased discriminative sensitivity, and then toward less sensitivity.
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This research was supported by Research Grant MH08006 from the National Institute of Mental Health, United States Public Health Service.
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Farmer, J., Schoenfeld, W.N. & Harris, A.H. Generalization gradients from “reaction time” or latencies of the white rat to visual brightness. Psychon Sci 4, 23–24 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342155
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