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This experiment investigated stimulus equivalence relations purely in the tactile modality. Two 6-year-olds and one 7-year-old learned sets of conditional discriminations with both tactile samples and tactile comparisons. Through a series of tests, subjects demonstrated the emergence of equivalence classes with tactile stimuli. The experiment furthers the research on stimulus equivalence and illustrates the possibility of new methods of learning in the tactile modality.
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Colleen A. O’Leary gratefully acknowledges the use of the facilities at Washington and Jefferson College while she completed this study in partial fulfillment of graduation with honors.
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O’Leary, C.A., Bush, K.M. Stimulus Equivalence in the Tactile Modality. Psychol Rec 46, 509–517 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03395180
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