Transfer of configural learning between the components of a preexposed stimulus compound: Implications for elemental and configural models of learning

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-313

  Allman, Melissa J ^a,b   Honey, R C ^a,b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Configural; Connectionism; Elemental; Generalization; Preexposure

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDITIONING; LEARNING; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RAT; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CUES; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RATS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33746582042     PISSN: 00977403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.32.3.307     Document Type: Article

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