Capacity equivalence curves were obtained both before and after practice on a consistently mapped task. The test of primary task independence was conducted on both sets of data. Support for the independence assumption was found under both conditions. The results suggest that capacity equivalence curves may be valid for partially automatized tasks as well as with unpracticed tasks.
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