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McHugh, Louise; Reed, Phil – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2007
Stimulus overselectivity refers to the phenomenon whereby stimulus control over behavior is exerted only by a limited subset of the total number of stimuli present during discrimination learning. It often is displayed by individuals with autistic spectrum disorders or learning disabilities, but is not exclusive to those groups. The present studies…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Autism, Discrimination Learning, Age Differences
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Nissani, Moti; Hoefler-Nissani, Donna; Lay, U. Tin; Htun, U. Wan – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
Two experiments explored the behavior of 20 Asian elephants ("Elephas aximus") in simultaneous visual discrimination tasks. In Experiment 1, 7 Burmese logging elephants acquired a white+/black- discrimination, reaching criterion in a mean of 2.6 sessions and 117 discrete trials, whereas 4 elephants acquired a black+/white- discrimination in 5.3…
Descriptors: Visual Discrimination, Animals, Animal Behavior, Behavioral Science Research
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Neill, John C.; Liu, Zhao; Mikati, Mohammad; Holmes, Gregory L. – Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 2005
Children who have status epilepticus have continuous or rapidly repeating seizures that may be life-threatening and may cause life-long changes in brain and behavior. The extent to which status epilepticus causes deficits in auditory discrimination is unknown. A naturalistic auditory location discrimination method was used to evaluate this…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Seizures, Age Differences, Epilepsy