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Oliveira, Luis; Machado, Armando – Learning and Motivation, 2008
To test the assumptions of two models of timing, Scalar Expectancy Theory (SET) and Learning to Time (LeT), nine pigeons were exposed to two temporal discriminations, each signaled by a different cue. On half of the trials, pigeons learned to choose a red key after a 1.5-s horizontal bar and a green key after a 6-s horizontal bar; on the other…
Descriptors: Stimuli, Animals, Cues, Models
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Winslow, James T.; Noble, Pamela L.; Davis, Michael – Learning & Memory, 2008
Individuals with anxiety disorders often do not respond to safety signals and hence continue to be afraid and anxious. Consequently, it is important to develop paradigms in animals that can directly study brain systems involved in learning about, and responding to, safety signals. We previously developed a discrimination procedure in rats of the…
Descriptors: Cues, Models, Safety, Discrimination Learning
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Wright, Patricia – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Language
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Bogartz, Richard S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Alternative analysis to study reported in PS 502 061. Rejoinder presented in PS 502 063. (MB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cues, Discrimination Learning, Goodness of Fit