Intersensory transfer of training was systematically investigated for visual to tactual and tactual to visual situations. College students were trained in one modality on a successive-shape-discrimination task, then transferred to the opposite modality to perform a related-shape-discrimination task. The investigation showed successful transfer in both directions, Transfer from vision to touch was specific to the situation wherein all discriminata were exactly the same In the two tasks. In contrast, transfer from touch to vision appeared to be a function of the subjects' ability to retain some type of schematic representation of the primary object as a mediational device to facilitate visual discrimination between the primary object and one of a slightly different shape.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc663166 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Taylor, Ronald D. |
| Contributors | Kennelly, Kevin J., Haynes, Jack Read |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 32 leaves: ill., Text |
| Rights | Public, Taylor, Ronald D., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights |
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