It was found that in the Ti-49.5 at. % Ni alloy, the deformation recovery upon heating occurs in two stages that give comparable contributions to the total deformation process. At the first stage, the main mechanism of mass transfer is twinning. At the second stage, the martensitic channel of plasticity operates. It is shown that the presence or absence of anomalies in the temperature dependence of electrical resistance does not adequately reflect the course of martensitic transformations and other deformation processes in the material.