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Fourteen rhesus monkeys and two human Os were trained to discriminate between identical blocks of wood placed 13 in apart, using cues that were provided by a pointer that was placed at random in positions spaced 1.0 in apart between the manipulanda. Monkeys made increasingly more errors as a function of increasing distance between the manipulandum and discriminandum, and extensive practice did not alter this relationship. The human Os, however, made no errors at positions of the pointer other than the center.
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This investigation was supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-07147-01, from the Institute of Mental Health and Grant RH-66, C3 from the Division of Radiological Health, Bureau of State Services, Public Health Service.
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Davis, R.T., Lampert, A. & Rumelhart, D.E. Perception by monkeys II. Use of cues at a distance by yourg and old monkeys. Psychon Sci 1, 107–108 (1964). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03342814
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