Variation in Motivational Level and Inter-Species SDR Performance Differences among Closely Related Avian Species
- 1 April 1969
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 28 (2) , 543-546
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1969.28.2.543
Abstract
Past work has suggested that successive reversal learning might be a valuable methodology for the calibration of inter-species performance differences. However, recent work has revealed that such learning is importantly influenced by variation in drive ( D) and incentive ( K) levels. To determine whether previously reported inter-species differences might have been the result of failure to equate D and K across species the reversal performances of Ringneck doves and pigeons on a spatial task were compared under two levels of D and one level of K.Keywords
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