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Direct linkSmith, J. David; Redford, Joshua S.; Beran, Michael J.; Washburn, David A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 2006
Although researchers are exploring animals' capacity for monitoring their states of uncertainty, the use of some paradigms allows the criticism that animals map avoidance responses to error-causing stimuli not because of uncertainty monitored but because of feedback signals and stimulus aversion. The authors addressed this criticism with an…
Descriptors: Responses, Reinforcement, Comparative Analysis, Misconceptions
