Temporal learning in random control procedures |
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Authors: | Kirkpatrick Kimberly Church Russell M |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of York, United Kingdom. kkl2@york.ac.uk |
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Abstract: | Experiments 1 and 2 delivered conditioned stimuli (CSs) at random times and unconditioned stimuli (USs) at either fixed (Experiment 1) or random (Experiment 2) intervals. In Experiment 3, CS duration was manipulated, and US deliveries occurred at random during the background. In all 3 experiments, the mean rate of responding (head entries into the food cup) in the background was determined by the mean US-US interval, and the mean rate during the CS was a linear combination of responding controlled by the mean US-US and mean CS onset-US intervals; the pattern of responding in time was determined by the interval distribution form (fixed or random). An event-based timing account, Packet theory, provided an explanation of the results. |
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