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Negative priming in associative learning: evidence from a serial-conditioning procedure

R C Honey1, G Hall, C Bonardi

  • 1Sub-Department of Animal Behaviour, University of Cambridge, Madingley, England.

Journal of Experimental Psychology. Animal Behavior Processes
|January 1, 1993
PubMed
Summary

Predicting a stimulus reduces its ability to elicit a conditioned response (CR). This negative priming effect in rats shows that prior prediction weakens the CR, supporting Pavlovian conditioning models.

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Area of Science:

  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology

Background:

  • Stimulus prediction influences learning and response generation.
  • Wagner's (1981) model proposes that stimulus processing is modulated by predictive cues.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if a predicted stimulus elicits a weaker conditioned response (CR) than an unpredicted stimulus.
  • To test the negative priming effect in Pavlovian conditioning.

Main Methods:

  • Rats were trained with serial compound stimuli (A-X, B-Y) followed by food.
  • The conditioned response (CR) to stimulus X was assessed after it was preceded by stimulus A (predicted) or stimulus B (unpredicted).

Main Results:

  • Stimulus X elicited a significantly weaker CR when preceded by stimulus A (predicted) compared to when preceded by stimulus B (unpredicted).

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  • This demonstrates a reduction in the CR when the stimulus's presentation was predicted.

    • Conclusions:

    • Stimulus prediction attenuates the conditioned response (CR).
    • The findings support the negative priming effect and aspects of Wagner's (1981) model of Pavlovian conditioning.