Association Learning

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A further investigation of category learning by inference.

Categories are learned in many ways besides by classification, for example, by making inferences about classified items. One hypothesis is that classifications lead to the learning of features that distinguish categories, whereas inferences promote the ...
Amy L Anderson, Brian H Ross, Seth Chin-Parker (Mem Cognit, 200201)
investigation-category-learning-inference.asp

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Relative informativeness of quantifiers used in syllogistic reasoning.

Three experiments tested a possible resolution of the probability heuristics model (PHM) of syllogistic reasoning proposed by Chater and Oaksford (1999), with their experimental results apparently showing that the generalized quantifier few was not as ...
Mike Oaksford, Lisa Roberts, Nick Chater (Mem Cognit, 200201)
relative-informativeness-quantifiers-syllogistic-reasoning.asp

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Forward blocking depends on retrospective inferences about the presence of the blocked cue during the elemental phase.

When a compound cue AT is followed by an outcome (AT+), human participants will judge the relation between cue T and the outcome to be less strong if A alone was previously paired with the outcome (A+). According to the probabilistic contrast model, such ...
Houwer Jan De (Mem Cognit, 200201)
forward-blocking-depends-retrospective-inferences-presence-blocked.asp

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Effect of theory-based feature correlations on typicality judgments.

In the present study, we examine what types of feature correlations are salient in our conceptual representations. It was hypothesized that of all possible feature pairs, those that are explicitly recognized as correlated (i.e., explicit pairs) and ...
Woo-Kyoung Ahn, Jessecae K Marsh, Christian C Luhmann, Kevin Lee (Mem Cognit, 200201)
effect-theory-based-feature-correlations-typicality-judgments.asp

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The Bifurcating Neuron Network 2: an analog associative memory.

The Bifurcating Neuron (BN), a chaotic integrate-and-fire neuron, is a model of a neuron augmented by coherent modulation from its environment. The BN is mathematically equivalent to the sine-circle map, and this equivalence relationship allowed us to ...
Geehyuk Lee, Nabil H Farhat (Neural Netw, 200201)
bifurcating-neuron-network-analog-associative-memory.asp

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Paired associate performance in the early detection of DAT.

Subjects underwent longitudinal neuropsychological assessment in order to retrospectively determine which measures of cognitive function best predicted later development of dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). Three groups of subjects were studied: ...
Kylie S Fowler, Michael M Saling, Elizabeth L Conway, James M Semple, William J Louis (J Int Neuropsychol Soc, 200201)
paired-associate-performance-early-detection-dat.asp

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Environmental context and recognition: the role of recollection and familiarity.

Evidence for effects of changed environmental context on recognition has been equivocal. Using 3 experiments, the author investigated the role of environmental context from a dual-processing approach. Experiment 1 showed that testing word recognition in ...
William J Macken (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200201)
environmental-context-recognition-role-recollection-familiarity.asp

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Semantic interference from objects both in and out of a scene context.

Prior studies have found that, despite the intentions of the participants, objects automatically activate their semantic representations; however, this research examined only objects presented in isolation without a background context. The present set of ...
Katherine M Mathis (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200201)
semantic-interference-objects-out-scene-context.asp

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Analogical problem solving: a hierarchical analysis of procedural similarity.

Similarity between source analogues and target problems is a central theme in the research on analogical transfer. Much of the theorizing and research has focused on the effects of superficial and structural similarity on transfer. The present research ...
Zhe Chen (J Exp Psychol Learn Mem Cogn, 200201)
analogical-problem-solving-hierarchical-analysis-procedural-similarity.asp

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Stability of functional equivalence and stimulus equivalence: effects of baseline reversals.

Functional equivalence and stimulus equivalence classes were established, reversed, and tested for stability with college students. Functional stimulus classes were established using a task in which students were trained to say nonsense words in the ...
Oliver Wirth, Philip N Chase (J Exp Anal Behav, 200201)
stability-functional-equivalence-stimulus-equivalence-effects.asp