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Adult rabbits were seen to alternate spontaneously at a similar rate to rats. A lack of alternation in infant rabbits reported by earlier workers would thus seem to be due to an age rather than species difference.
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Hughes, R.N. Spontaneous alternation in adult rabbits. Bull. Psychon. Soc. 2, 2 (1973). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03327693
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