Information processing by pigeons (Columba livia): Incentive as information

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Shimp, Charles P ^a   Froehlich, Alyson L ^a   Herbranson, Walter T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WHITMAN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated reinforcement; Hick Hyman law; Incentive; Pigeons; Reaction times

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PIGEONS AND DOVES; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; INFORMATION THEORY; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBABILITY LEARNING; REACTION TIME; REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULE; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 33847626660     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.1.73     Document Type: Article

References (44)

1. Bahrick, H. P., Fitts, P. M., & Rankin, R. E. (1952). Effect of incentives upon reactions to peripheral stimuli. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 44, 400-406.
2. Bennelt, W. F., Fitts, P. M., & Noble, M. (1954). The learning of sequential dependencies. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 48, 303-312.
3. Bolton, P., & Dewatripont, M. (2005). Contract theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
4. Brainard, R. W., Irby, T. S., Fitts, P. M., & Alluisi, E. A. (1962). Some variables influencing the rate of gain of information. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 63, 105-110.
5. Chase, W. G. (1978). Elementary information processes. In W. K. Estes (Ed.), Handbook of learning and cognitive processes: Vol. 5. Human information processing (pp. 19-90). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
6. Curran, T. (1997). Higher-order associative learning in amnesia: Evidence from the serial reaction time task. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 9, 522-533.
7. Curran, T., Smith, M. D., DiFranco, .T. M., & Daggy, A. T. (2001). Structural influences on implicit and explicit sequence learning. In D. L. Medin (Ed.). The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 40, pp. 147-182). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
8. Dickinson, A., & Balleine, B. (2002). The role of learning in the operation of motivational systems. In H. Pashler & R. Gallistel (Eds.), Stevens' handbook of experimental psychology: Vol. 3. Learning, motivation, and emotion (3rd ed., pp. 497-533). New York: Wiley.
9. Dinsmoor, J. A. (2001). Still no evidence for temporally extended shock-frequency reduction as a reinforcer. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 75, 367-378.
10. Edwards, A. E. (1979). Multiple regression and the analysis of variance and covariance. San Francisco: Freeman.
11. Estes, W. K. (1958). Stimulus-response theory of drive. In M. R. Jones (Ed.), Nebraska symposium on motivation (Vol. 6. pp. 35-69). Lincoln: Nebraska University Press.
12. Eysenck, H. (1987). Intelligence and reaction Lime: The contribution of Arthur Jensen. In S. Modgil & C. Modgil (Eds.), Arthur Jensen: Consensus and controversy (pp. 285-295). New York: Falmer Press.
13. Frick, F. C., & Miller, G. A. (1949). Statistical behavioristics and sequences of responses. Psychological Review, 56, 311-324.
14. Froelilich, A. L., Herbranson, W. T., Loper, J., Wood, D., & Shimp, C. P. (2004). Anticipating by pigeons depends on local statistical information in a serial response time task. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 133, 31-45.
15. Garner, W. R. (1974). The processing of information and structure. Potomac, MD: Erlbaum.
16. Herbranson, W. T. (2000). Cognitive dissociation of memory systems: Implicit and explicit memory in pigeons (Columba livia). Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of Utah.
17. Herrnstein, R. J. (1997). The matching law. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
18. Hick, W. E. (1952). On the rate of gain of information. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 4, 11-26.
19. Hinson, J. M., & Staddon, J. E. R. (1983). Matching, maximizing, and hill-climbing. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 40, 321-331.
20. Hull, C. L. (1943). Principles of behavior. New York: Applcton-Century.
21. Hunt, R. H., & Aslin, R. N. (2001). Statistical learning in a serial reaction time task: Access to separable statistical aies by individual learners. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 130, 658-680.
22. Hyman, R. (1953). Stimulus information as a determinant of reaction time. Journal of Experimental Psychology, 65, 39-46.
23. Jensen, A. R. (1987). Individual differences in the Hick paradigm. In P. A. Vernon (Ed.), Speed of information-processing and intelligence (pp. 101-175). Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
24. Knopman, D. S., & Nissen, M. J. (1991). Procedural learning is impaired in Huntington's disease: Evidence from the serial reaction time task. Neuropsychologia, 29, 245-254.
25. Laffont, J., & Martimor, D. (2001). The theory of incentives: The principal agent model. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
26. Loewenstein, G. (2006, May 5). The pleasures and pains of information. Science, 312, 704-706.
27. Marr, M. J. (2004). The interpretation of themes: Opening the Baum-Staddon ink battle. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 82, 71.
28. Maynard Smith, J., & Harper, D. (2003). Animal signals. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
29. Miller, G. A., & Frick, F. C. (1951). A statistical description of operant conditioning. American Journal of Psychology, 64, 20-36.
30. Nevin, J. A. (1969). Interval reinforcement of choice behavior in discrete trials. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 12, 875-885.
31. Nissen, M. J., & Bullemer, P. (1987). Attentional requirements of learning: Evidence from performance measures. Cognitive Psychology, 19, 1-32.
32. Rescorla, R. A., & Wagner, A. R. (1972). A theory of Pavlovian conditioning: Variations in the effectiveness of reinforcement and nonreinforcement. In A. H. Black & W. F. Prokasy (Eds.). Classical conditioning II: Current research and theory (pp. 64-99). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
33. Rosnow, R. L., & Rosenthal, R. (2003). Effect sizes for experimenting psychologists. Canadian Journal of Psychology, 57, 221-237.
34. Saffran, J. R. (2003). Statistical language learning: Mechanisms and constraints. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 12, 110-114.
35. Shimp, C. P. (1966). Probabilistically reinforced choice behavior in pigeons. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 9, 443-455.
36. Shimp, C. P. (2004). Scientific peer review: A case study from local and global analyses. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior, 82, 103-116.
37. Simpson, J. A., & Weiner, E. S. C. (Eds.). (1989). The Oxford English dictionary (Vol. 7). Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
38. Sternberg, S. (1969). The discovery of processing stages: Extensions of Donders' method. Acta Psychologica, 30, 276-315.
39. Tolman, E. C. (1932). Purposive behavior in animals and men. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
40. Vickrey, C., & Neuringer, A. (2000). Pigeon reaction time, Hick's law, and intelligence. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 7, 284-291.
41. Welford, A. T. (1968). Fundamentals of skill. London: Methuen.
42. Wickens, C. D. & Hollands, J. G. (2000). Engineering psychology and human performance. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall.
43. Yerkes, R. M., & Dodson, J. D. (1908). The relation of strength of stimulus to rapidity of habit-formation. Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology, 18, 459-482.
44. Young, M. E., & Wasserman, E. A. (1997). Entropy detection by pigeons: Response to mixed visual displays after same - different discrimination training. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 23, 157-170.