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Cole, Mark R.; Gibson, Laura; Pollack, Adam; Yates, Lynsey – Learning and Motivation, 2011
The interaction between redundant geometric and featural cues in open field search tasks has been examined widely with results that are not always consistent. Cheng (1986) found evidence that when searching for food in rectangular environments, rats used the geometrical characteristics of the environment rather than local featural cues, suggesting…
Descriptors: Cues, Animals, Color, Geometric Concepts
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Redhead, Edward S.; Hamilton, Derek A. – Learning and Motivation, 2009
Three computer based experiments, testing human participants in a non-immersive virtual watermaze task, used a blocking design to assess whether two sets of geometric cues would compete in a manner described by associative models of learning. In stage 1, participants were required to discriminate between visually distinct platforms. In stage 2,…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Cues, Learning Strategies