One group of macaque monkeys was trained on repeated reversals (RR) of one object-discrimination problem and then was shifted to a learning-set (LS) task, consisting of a series of 10-trial object-discrimination problems. A second group was trained only on the LS task. A third group was given the LS training first and then the RR. Significant transfer between the LS and RR tasks occurred in both directions.
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