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INVESTIGATIONS OF A MIRROR‐IMAGE TRANSFER EFFECT IN PIGEONS 1
Author(s) -
Thomas David R.,
Klipec William,
Lyons Joseph
Publication year - 1966
Publication title -
journal of the experimental analysis of behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1938-3711
pISSN - 0022-5002
DOI - 10.1901/jeab.1966.9-567
Subject(s) - transfer (computing) , computer science , image (mathematics) , artificial intelligence , psychology , computer graphics (images) , computer vision , communication , operating system
In two separate experiments, pigeons trained binocularly to peck a key on which an oblique line ( e.g ., 60° counter‐clockwise rotation from horizontal) was projected yielded bi‐modal angularity generalization gradients in extinction, with peaks of responding at both the training stimulus and its mirror image (in this case 120°). This mirror‐image transfer effect may be analogous to an “octave effect” in auditory generalization, but Mello's finding of a mirror‐image reversal transfer effect following monocular training in pigeons suggests an alternative interpretation.