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Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning (2024)
Journal Article
George, D. N., Dwyer, D. M., Haselgrove, M., & Le Pelley, M. E. (online). Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1177/17470218241305622

Johnston et al. report results which they argue demonstrate that crows engage in statistical inference during decision-making. They trained two crows to associate a set of stimuli with different reward probabilities (from 10% to 90%) before choice te... Read More about Apparent statistical inference in crows may reflect simple reinforcement learning.

Absence of Differential Protection From Extinction in Human Causal Learning (2024)
Journal Article
George, D., Haddon, J., & Griffiths, O. (2024). Absence of Differential Protection From Extinction in Human Causal Learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000380

Elemental models of associative learning typically employ a common prediction-error term. Following a conditioning trial, they predict that the change in the strength of an association between a cue and an outcome is dependent upon how well the outco... Read More about Absence of Differential Protection From Extinction in Human Causal Learning.

Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired-equivalence are positively correlated (2024)
Journal Article
Bru Garcia, S., George, D. N., & Robinson, J. (2024). Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired-equivalence are positively correlated. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition, 50(4), 235–246. https://doi.org/10.1037/xan0000384

In two experiments, participants completed two computer-based tasks: a configural acquired equivalence procedure and an optional-shift procedure. Both revealed that test performance was positively correlated, even when controlling for nonspecific var... Read More about Test performance in optional shift and configural acquired-equivalence are positively correlated.