Abstract
Pigeons were trained in a delayed matching-to-sample procedure in which the sample stimuli consisted of a compound of color (red or green) and spatial location (left or right). A postsample cue (houselight on or off) signaled whether color matching or location matching would be required following the delay. In Experiment 1, the reduction in performance on probe trials (in which the houselight condition was reversed relative to that on regular trials) was greater for location matching than for color matching. The birds showed overt mediational behavior during the delays on location-matching trials. On color-matching trials, the birds exhibited behavior during delays that might have interfered with that mediational behavior. In Experiment 2, the houselight condition was changed shortly before presentation of the comparison stimuli on probe trials. Accuracy of location matching was reduced when the cue initially signaled color matching and was then changed to signal location matching, whereas matching accuracy was not reduced by a change in the opposite direction. Accuracy of color matching was reduced by a change in illumination level from dark to light, regardless of type of the relevant dimension signaled by houselight illumination. Discussion of these findings focuses on the variables critical to establishment of an effective cue to forget.
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