Conditioned eyelid performance of a group receiving half their CSs in each ear was not different from a group receiving all the CSs in a single ear. In Exp. 2 a comparison of performance to a (red light) CS was made between a group receiving half their trials to an auditory CS and half to a visual CS as contrasted with a group receiving half their trials to a red and half to a green light CS. Performance to the red light in each group was similar and the results were discussed in terms of stimulus inhibition.
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