Three points of correspondence were trained between a continuous stimulus dimension and a quasi-continuous response dimension. Human subjects were then tested with novel test stimuli from the stimulus continuum to determine whether appropriate new mapping responses would be emitted. A procedure was developed to allow a fine-grain analysis of the mapping responses. Data indicated that use of continuous stimulus and response dimensions results in significant positive transfer to untrained values.
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