Temporal learning in random control procedures

Kimberly Kirkpatrick, Russell M. Church

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Abstract

Experiments 1 and 2 delivered conditioned stimuli (CSs) at random times and unconditioned stimuli (USs) at either fixed (Experiment 1) or random (Experiment 2) intervals. In Experiment 3, CS duration was manipulated, and US deliveries occurred at random during the background. In all 3 experiments, the mean rate of responding (head entries into the food cup) in the background was determined by the mean US-US interval, and the mean rate during the CS was a linear combination of responding controlled by the mean US-US and mean CS onset-US intervals; the pattern of responding in time was determined by the interval distribution form (fixed or random). An event-based timing account, Packet theory, provided an explanation of the results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)213-228
Number of pages16
JournalJournal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
Volume30
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2004
Externally publishedYes

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