SELECTIVE ATTENTION: THE EFFECTS OF COMBINING STIMULI WHICH CONTROL INCOMPATIBLE BEHAVIOR1
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Four rhesus monkeys learned both a color and tilt discrimination. The stimuli were combined to produce incompatible behavior. The behavior controlled by one set of stimuli was reinforced until “errors” virtually disappeared. The stimuli were tested separately again. Sixteen replications of the entire procedure indicated that the stimuli producing “errors” were ignored.
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Preliminary studies on selective attending demonstrated that specific properties of a stimulus can exert strong control over responding at the expense of other properties.
“Preliminary studies on selective attending demonstrated how specific properties of a stimulus may exert strong control over responding at the expense of others (Lovaas et al., 1979;Ray, 1969;Reynolds, 1961).”
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- Authors
- Ray, B. A.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ray, Barbara A.
- Venue
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1969-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 539-550
- ISSN
- 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-3711
- PMC
- PMC1338645
- OpenAlex
- W2155156868
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 3 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 1.88
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Behavioral and Psychological Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
- Keywords
- selective attention, stimulus control, stimulus combination, color discrimination, rhesus monkeys, error behavior, stimulus generalization
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