Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression
We report that stimulus novelty/familiarity is able to modulate stimulus generalization and discuss the theoretical implications of novelty/familiarity coding. Rats in Skinner boxes received clicker → shock pairings before generalization testing to a tone. Before clicker training, different groups o...
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| author | Robinson, Jasper Whitt, Emma Jones, Peter M. |
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| description | We report that stimulus novelty/familiarity is able to modulate stimulus generalization and discuss the theoretical implications of novelty/familiarity coding. Rats in Skinner boxes received clicker → shock pairings before generalization testing to a tone. Before clicker training, different groups of rats received preexposure treatments designed to systematically modulate the clicker and the tone's novelty and familiarity. Rats whose preexposure matched novelty/familiarity (i.e., either both or neither clicker and tone were pre-exposed) showed enhanced suppression to the tone relative to rats whose preexposure mixed novelty/familiarity (i.e., only clicker or tone was pre-exposed). This was not the result of sensory preconditioning to clicker and tone. |
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| spelling | nottingham-399012020-05-04T18:40:26Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39901/ Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression Robinson, Jasper Whitt, Emma Jones, Peter M. We report that stimulus novelty/familiarity is able to modulate stimulus generalization and discuss the theoretical implications of novelty/familiarity coding. Rats in Skinner boxes received clicker → shock pairings before generalization testing to a tone. Before clicker training, different groups of rats received preexposure treatments designed to systematically modulate the clicker and the tone's novelty and familiarity. Rats whose preexposure matched novelty/familiarity (i.e., either both or neither clicker and tone were pre-exposed) showed enhanced suppression to the tone relative to rats whose preexposure mixed novelty/familiarity (i.e., only clicker or tone was pre-exposed). This was not the result of sensory preconditioning to clicker and tone. American Psychological Association 2017-04-01 Article PeerReviewed Robinson, Jasper, Whitt, Emma and Jones, Peter M. (2017) Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 43 (2). pp. 159-170. ISSN 2329-8464 http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/xan/43/2/159/ doi:10.1037/xan0000134 doi:10.1037/xan0000134 |
| spellingShingle | Robinson, Jasper Whitt, Emma Jones, Peter M. Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title | Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title_full | Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title_fullStr | Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title_full_unstemmed | Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title_short | Familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
| title_sort | familiarity-based stimulus generalization of conditioned suppression |
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