Acquired equivalence and distinctiveness of cues: I. Exploring a neural network approach
R C Honey1, Jasper Ward-Robinson
1School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF10 3YG, Wales, United Kingdom. honey@cardiff.ac.uk
Abstract:
Rats were placed in 4 contexts (A, B, C, D) where they received 2 auditory stimuli (X, Y); in A and B, presentations of X were paired with food and those of Y were not, and in C and D, Y was paired with food and X was not. Rats then received combinations of contexts that had provided congruent (AB, CD) or incongruent (AD, CB) information about X and Y's relationship to food. Responding was more variable during congruent than incongruent trials (Experiment 1) and was systematically increased and decreased during congruent (relative to incongruent) trials by the presentation of food or no food, respectively (Experiment 2). These results support a connectionist approach to acquired changes in stimulus distinctiveness.
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