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Title: | Adaptive Learning and Forgetting in an Unconventional Experimental Routine | Contributor(s): | Kyonka, Elizabeth (author)![]() ![]() |
Publication Date: | 2018-02-13 | Open Access: | Yes | DOI: | 10.4226/95/5a865478d6228![]() |
Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22540 | Abstract/Context: | Learning and forgetting were assessed concurrently in two experiments that involved the same unconventional routine. The schedule of reinforcement changed every session. Sessions were run back-to-back with a 23-hour mid-session break such that in a single visit to the testing chamber, the subject completed the second half of one session and the first half of the next. The beginning of a new session was either signaled or unsignaled. Experiment 1 involved concurrent variable interval-variable interval schedules with four possible reinforcer ratios. Response allocation was sensitive to the richer schedule and was retained through the mid-session break. Experiment 2 involved peak-interval schedules of varying durations. Temporal discrimination was rapidly acquired before and after the mid-session break, but not retained. Signaling the session change decreased control by past contingencies in both experiments, demonstrating that learning and forgetting can be investigated separately. Forgetting is often thought of as the inability to remember, but remembering and forgetting allow behavior to adapt to a changing environment in distinct and separable ways. These results suggest that the temporal structure of information can impact animals’ capacity to forget and remember. | Publication Type: | Dataset | Fields of Research (FOR): | 170112 Sensory Processes, Perception and Performance 060801 Animal Behaviour |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: | 520406 Sensory processes, perception and performance 310901 Animal behaviour |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO): | 970117 Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: | 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology | Keywords: | Pigeons Temporal learning Rapid acquisition Adaptive forgetting Choice Key peck |
Location: | Life Sciences Building, West Virginia University | Format: | 2 Excel .xlsx files | Access rights: | Open | Open Access Embargo: | 2018-02-13 | HERDC Category Description: | X Dataset | Project: | Adaptive Learning and Forgetting in an Unconventional Experimental Routine | Dataset Managed By: | School of Behavioural, Cognitive & Social Sciences | Rights Holder: | Elizabeth Kyonka | Rights Statement: | Data is provided as open access. Reuse require attribution and non-commercial settings. | Dataset Stored at: | Univeristy of New England | Primary Contact Details: | Elizabeth Kyonka - ekyonka@une.edu.au | Dataset Custodian Details: | Elizabeth Kyonka - ekyonka@une.edu.au |
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