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Article: Observing behavior topography in delayed matching to multiple samples.
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- The Psychological Record
- Article date:
- March 22, 2006
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One topic of continuing interest in analyses of stimulus control concerns the range, breadth, or number of stimuli that can exert control simultaneously. This question has been addressed in such diverse areas as, for example, breadth of attention in animal cognition (e.g., Maki & Leuin, 1972); the effects of task complexity (number of stimuli) on reaction times in aging populations (e.g., Baron & Menich, 1985); and stimulus overselectivity, an atypically restricted breadth of stimulus control related to learning problems of some individuals with developmental disabilities (e.g., Dube & McIlvane, 1997; Lovaas, Koegel, & Schreibman, 1979; Stromer, McIlvane, Dube, & Mackay, ...