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Two crows were run on multiple reversals of a simultaneous visual discrimination problem. The crows showed a marked progressive decrease in errors to criterion over the series of reversals. Their performance appeared to be superior to that of more primitive but more widely studied avians such as the pigeon. The crows’ performance also differed from that found in the rat in that the latter’s performance in reversal situations has generally been characterized by an initial increase in errors per reversal followed by a progressive decrease.
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Stettner, L.J., Matyniak, K. & Brandt, J.M. Habit reversal in the crow, corvus Americanus . Psychon Sci 4, 331–332 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342322
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