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The present paper describes a discontiguous S-R automated primate discrimination apparatus (APDA) designed to eliminate the stimulus sampling biases associated with previous manual and automated testing procedures and at the same time to provide greater specification of the S's intratrial discrimination behavior. Data from two simultaneous color discrimination problems are summarized as an evaluation of the current design.
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This research was supported by Grant MH 14457-02 from the National Institute of Mental Health.
This authors with to express thank to C. A. LeVere for her help in analysis and preparation of this report.
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LeVere, T.E., Bartus, R.T. APDA: A discontiguous S-R automated primate discrimination apparatus. Behav. Res. Meth. & Instru. 1, 259–262 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03209908
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