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Patterned string problems were presented in a random order to three squirrel monkeys. The performance of Ss indicated that a response-position preference had been established, which was based on the location of the reward. Squirrel monkeys were found to be inferior in solution of string problems when compared to other primate species. The relative difficulty of specific string problems that had been established for the rhesus monkey appeared to be different for the squirrel monkey.
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Fife, D.D., Kamback, M. The ability of squirrel monkeys to solve randomly presented string problems. Psychon Sci 18, 131–132 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332337
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