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A sequence of patterned strings problems was presented to four rock squirrels in a scaled down WGTA. All Ss learned a series of parallel patterns; however, only one S was able to learn the entire sequence including crossed and pseudo-crossed patterns. The later performance of this S on an inter-mixed series of crosses and pseudocrosses indicated that it could not perform efficiently on both problems simultaneously.
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This research was supported by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-12046 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
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King, J.E., Witt, E.D. The learning of patterned strings problems by rock squirrels. Psychon Sci 4, 319–320 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342316
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