TY - JOUR
T1 - Temporal learning in random control procedures
AU - Kirkpatrick, Kimberly
AU - Church, Russell M.
PY - 2004/7
Y1 - 2004/7
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1037/0097-7403.30.3.213
DO - 10.1037/0097-7403.30.3.213
M3 - Article
C2 - 15279512
AN - SCOPUS:3242715302
SN - 0097-7403
VL - 30
SP - 213
EP - 228
JO - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
JF - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes
IS - 3
ER -