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Pavlovian summation: Data and theory
- Source :
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition. 48:75-85
- Publication Year :
- 2022
- Publisher :
- American Psychological Association (APA), 2022.
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Abstract
- In summation experiments, responding to a compound stimulus is assessed after conditioning a response to each of its components. This simple experiment poses significant challenges to models of associative learning because of substantial variability in results. Here, I introduce a new method to quantify generalization from components to compound in summation experiments, which I apply to over 250 measurements of summation in rabbits, pigeons, rats, and humans. The analysis confirms that more summation occurs with stimuli from different rather than from the same sensory modality, although this is not the sole determinant of summation. A theoretical analysis shows that this finding is best accounted for by a model that includes both element sharing (RescorlaWagner, 1972) and element replacement (Brandon et al., 2000) in stimulus representations. I point out remaining gaps in our empirical and theoretical understanding of summation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
- Subjects :
- summation
Conditioning, Classical
Association Learning
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
associative learning
Computer Science::Digital Libraries
Generalization, Psychological
Rats
meta-analysis
Animals
Pavlovian conditioning
Rabbits
theory
Columbidae
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 23298464 and 23298456
- Volume :
- 48
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3dece670319e0d732597dddc8ac6688e