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Why the pervasive addiction myth is still believed (2002)
Journal Article
Hammersley, R., & Reid, M. (2002). Why the pervasive addiction myth is still believed. Addiction research & theory, 10(1), 7-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/16066350290001687

This paper characterises the myth of addiction and considers social mechanisms that may sustain this discourse about substance use problems in the face of counter-evidence. The myth is that substance use is typified by addiction, which is a dramatic,... Read More about Why the pervasive addiction myth is still believed.

The effects of using stimuli from three different dimensions on autoshaping with a complex negative patterning discrimination (2002)
Journal Article
Pearce, J. M., & George, D. N. (2002). The effects of using stimuli from three different dimensions on autoshaping with a complex negative patterning discrimination. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B. Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55(4b), 349-364. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724990244000061

In two experiments pigeons received a complex negative patterning discrimination, using autoshaping, in which food was made available after three stimuli if they were presented alone (A, B, C), or in pairs (AB, AC, BC), but not when they were all pre... Read More about The effects of using stimuli from three different dimensions on autoshaping with a complex negative patterning discrimination.

Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus (2002)
Journal Article
Williams, D. A., Mehta, R., Poworoznyk, T. M., Orihel, J. S., George, D. N., & Pearce, J. M. (2002). Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 28(3), 284-297. https://doi.org/10.1037//0097-7403.28.3.284

Six appetitive conditioning experiments with rats demonstrated that an irrelevant X accompanying a negative patterning discrimination (XA+, XB+, XAB-) acquires extraordinarily high levels of conditioned excitation. Responding to X was similar to that... Read More about Acquisition of superexcitatory properties by an irrelevant background stimulus.

Summation in autoshaping is affected by the similarity of the visual stimuli to the stimulation they replace. (2002)
Journal Article
Pearce, J. M., Redhead, E. S., & George, D. N. (2002). Summation in autoshaping is affected by the similarity of the visual stimuli to the stimulation they replace. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 28(2), 175-189. https://doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.28.2.175

Pigeons received autoshaping with 2 stimuli, A and B, presented in adjacent regions on a television screen. Conditioning with each stimulus was therefore accompanied by stimulation that was displaced from the screen whenever the other stimulus was pr... Read More about Summation in autoshaping is affected by the similarity of the visual stimuli to the stimulation they replace..

Coding of visible and hidden actions (2002)
Book Chapter
Jellema, T., & Perrett, D. (2002). Coding of visible and hidden actions. In W. Prinz, & B. Hommel (Eds.), Common Mechanisms in Perception and Action (356-380). Oxford: Oxford University Press

We review the properties of cells in the temporal cortex of the macaque monkey, which are sensitive to visual cues arising from the face and body and their movements. We speculate that the responses of populations of cells in the cortex of the anteri... Read More about Coding of visible and hidden actions.

Summation: further assessment of a configural theory (2002)
Journal Article
Pearce, J. M., George, D. N., & Aydin, A. (2002). Summation: further assessment of a configural theory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section B. Comparative and Physiological Psychology, 55(1b), 61-73. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724990143000171

Rats received Pavlovian conditioning in which food was signalled by a visual stimulus, A+, an auditory stimulus, B+, and a compound composed of different visual and auditory stimuli, CD+. Test trials were then given with the compound AB. Experiments... Read More about Summation: further assessment of a configural theory.