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  • Animal Cognition

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  • Context plays a crucial role in conditional discrimination learning.
  • Theories propose hierarchical or configural processing of context-CS-US associations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of context in pigeons' conditional discrimination learning.
  • To differentiate between hierarchical and configural processing models.

Main Methods:

  • Two experiments were conducted using pigeons.
  • Experiment 1 assessed responding under standard conditional discrimination.
  • Experiment 2 manipulated stimuli to preclude local feature reliance.

Main Results:

  • Pigeons' performance was inconsistent with hierarchical processing.
  • Evidence suggests reliance on local features or configural compounds (context + CS).
  • Experiment 2 supported configural processing over local features.

Conclusions:

  • Pigeons' conditional discrimination learning is better explained by configural processing models.
  • Findings challenge hierarchical accounts of context's role.
  • The study contributes to understanding associative learning mechanisms.