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Classical discrimination conditioning was employed to establish a discrimination between two rates of intermittent stimulation in the auditory modality for two rabbits and in the visual modality for two additional rabbits. Acquisition of the initial discrimination was facilitated in the auditory condition. Following training in the original modality, the stimulus modality contingencies were exchanged and a test of transfer conducted. Transfer from audition to vision and from vision to audition was definitively shown by both the heart-rate and eyeblink responses.
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Yehle, A.L., Ward, J.P. Cross-modal transfer of a specific discrimination in the rabbit. Psychon Sci 16, 269–270 (1969). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03332682
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