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  • Animal Cognition
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Comparative Psychology

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  • Matching-to-sample tasks reveal how animals process information.
  • Previous studies showed joint control by sample and inter-trial interval (ITI) stimuli with a trade-off.
  • Understanding the limits of this joint control is crucial for cognitive research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Investigate boundary conditions for joint stimulus control in a modified matching-to-sample task.
  • Examine the influence of one-to-one sample-comparison mapping on stimulus control.
  • Determine if a trade-off exists between sample and ITI stimuli control.

Main Methods:

  • Pigeons were trained on a matching-to-sample task with a one-to-one sample-comparison mapping (2 samples, 2 comparisons).
  • Two tests were conducted: one removing the sample keylight, the other removing ITI houselight (darkness).
  • Choice behavior was analyzed to assess the relative influence of each stimulus.

Main Results:

  • Both sample keylight and ITI stimuli influenced pigeon choice behavior.
  • No clear evidence of a trade-off in stimulus control was found between the sample and ITI stimuli.
  • Results indicate that both stimuli contribute to controlling behavior.

Conclusions:

  • The sample-comparison mapping and the number of samples may alter how animals attend to stimuli.
  • The observed results differ from previous findings, highlighting the role of task parameters.
  • Further research is needed to fully understand the factors governing stimulus control in pigeons.