TY - JOUR
AU - Coussens, Wayne
AB - Two experiments were conducted with rats. The first study showed that in the T-maze a brightness discrimination learning problem was more difficult than a spatial learning problem, but in a Ross-maze a brightness problem was less difficult than a spatial task. T-maze brightness and Ross-maze spatial tasks were found to be of equal difficulty.In the second experiment rats were trained either on a brightness or spatial discrimination reversal problem in the Ross-maze. It was found that overtraining facilitated reversal performance in the spatial task but not in the brightness problem. The theoretical implications of these results were discussed.
TI - The Overtraining Reversal Effect in Rats: A Function of Task Difficulty
JF - Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
DO - 10.1080/14640747208400284
DA - 1972-08-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/the-overtraining-reversal-effect-in-rats-a-function-of-task-difficulty-trAZtPMNC6
SP - 291
EP - 298
VL - 24
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -