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Direct linkNissani, 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
Tabor, Lila; And Others – 1982
The few studies concentrating on adult age changes in discrimination shift behavior have reported that the performance of elderly adults on such tasks is inferior to that of younger adults and, in fact, similar to that of children. To determine whether verbal labeling, which has facilitated the performance of young children, would also reduce age…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cohort Analysis, College Students
