Journal article
Backward blocking: The role of within-compound associations and interference between cues trained apart
Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006), Vol.61(2), pp.185-193
01/01/2008
DOI: 10.1080/17470210701557464
PMID: 17886193
Abstract
Most theoretical accounts of backward blocking place heavy stress on the necessity of the target cue having been trained in compound with the competing cue to produce a decrement in responding. Yet, other evidence suggests that a similar reduction in responding to the target cue can be observed when the outcome is later paired with a novel cue never trained in compound with the target cue (interference between cues trained apart). The present experiment shows that pairing another nonassociated cue with the same outcome may be sufficient to produce a decremental effect on the target cue, but the presence of a within-compound association between the target and the competing cue adds to this effect. Thus, both interference between cues trained apart and within-compound associations independently contribute to backward blocking.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Backward blocking: The role of within-compound associations and interference between cues trained apart
- Creators
- Miguel A Vadillo - Universidad de DeustoLeyre Castro - The University of IowaHelena Matute - Universidad de DeustoEdward A Wasserman - The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006), Vol.61(2), pp.185-193
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- DOI
- 10.1080/17470210701557464
- PMID
- 17886193
- ISSN
- 1747-0218
- eISSN
- 1747-0226
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2008
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070720302771
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