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  • Artificial intelligence
  • Cognitive science

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  • Relational responding involves behavior aligned with rules for comparing stimuli.
  • Previous studies trained pigeons on stimulus comparison tasks with mixed results.
  • Contrasting theories exist regarding the mechanisms of relational responding in animals.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an artificial neural network model of relational responding.
  • To analyze the model's generalization capabilities from training to test stimuli.
  • To reconcile theoretical perspectives on relational responding.

Main Methods:

  • Trained pigeons on a task involving choosing smaller or larger circles.
  • Developed a simple artificial neural network model to simulate pigeon behavior.
  • Analyzed the model's performance on novel stimulus pairs.

Main Results:

  • The neural network model accurately reproduced pigeon behavior, including systematic failures.
  • The model demonstrated generalization from trained to untrained stimulus pairs.
  • The model's performance aligned with findings from Lazareva et al. (2014).

Conclusions:

  • A simple artificial neural network can effectively model relational responding in pigeons.
  • The model provides a computational account that integrates stimulus-feature and stimulus-relationship learning.
  • The findings help reconcile Köhler's relational rules theory with Spence's stimulus generalization theory.