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Pigeons were given reversal and extradimensional shifts within a two-dimension two-pair discrimination task. Analysis of learning on the individual stimulus pairs during shifts indicated that the Ss learned the pairs as independent subproblems rather than as instances of a single problem.
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This research was supported by Grants EY-00355 and MH-11088 from the National Institutes of Health. Thomas Tighe is supported by Research Career Development Award K4-HD-43, 859 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bruce A. Douglas.
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Tighe, T.J., Graf, V. Subproblem analysis of discrimination shift learning in the pigeon. Psychon Sci 29, 139–141 (1972). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342571
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