Journal article
Pigeons learn stimulus identity and stimulus relations when both serve as redundant, relevant cues during same-different discrimination training
Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, Vol.29(1), pp.84-91
01/2003
DOI: 10.1037/0097-7403.29.1.84
PMID: 12561136
Abstract
The authors taught pigeons to discriminate displays of 16 identical items from displays of 16 nonidentical items. Unlike most same-different discrimination studies--where only stimulus relations could serve a discriminative function--both the identity of the items and the relations among the items were discriminative features of the displays. The pigeons learned about both stimulus identity and stimulus relations when these 2 sources of information served as redundant, relevant cues. In tests of associative competition, identity cues exerted greater stimulus control than relational cues. These results suggest that the pigeon can respond to both specific stimuli and general relations in the environment.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Pigeons learn stimulus identity and stimulus relations when both serve as redundant, relevant cues during same-different discrimination training
- Creators
- Brett M Gibson - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1407, USA. brett-gibson@uiowa.eduEdward A Wasserman
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of experimental psychology. Animal behavior processes, Vol.29(1), pp.84-91
- DOI
- 10.1037/0097-7403.29.1.84
- PMID
- 12561136
- NLM abbreviation
- J Exp Psychol Anim Behav Process
- ISSN
- 0097-7403
- eISSN
- 1939-2184
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association; United States
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2003
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984070755402771
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