The effect of spatial contiguity on discrimination learning by rhesus monkeys.
Publication Type: |
Journal Article |
Year of Publication: |
1954 |
Authors: |
G.E. McClearn, H. F. Harlow |
Publication/Journal: |
Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology |
Keywords: |
locus of response, rhesus monkeys, spatial contiguity, visual discrimination |
Abstract:
The role of spatial contiguity in learning was tested in a visual discrimination problem with monkeys, by varying the vertical spatial separation between the differential stimuli and the locus of response. An inverse relationship between spatial separation and performance efficiency was found