The performances of 3 Squirrel and 4 Black-faced Capuchin monkeys during successive spatial discrimination reversal training were studied in a form board box. Both groups showed progressive error reduction across 19 reversal problems, with error scores of the Capuchins significantly lower than those of the Squirrels.
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