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The effect of overtraining a set of nonsense sounds on a reversal and half-reversal shift was investigated. Overtraining facilitated reversal but not half-reversal shift performance. These results confirmed previous findings using visually presented stimuli.
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This research was supported by funds from U.S. Public Health Service Grant MH-21288 from the National Institute of Mental Health and the Wake Forest University Research and Publication Fund. The authors would like to thank Robert C. Beck for his helpful comments on the manuscript.
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Richman, C.L., Lorenc, L. Effects of overtraining on reversal and half-reversal shift performance employing aural stimuli. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 4, 503–504 (1974). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03334271
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