An elemental model of associative learning: I. Latent inhibition and perceptual learning

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作者
McLaren, IPL [1 ]
Mackintosh, NJ [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Cambridge, Dept Expt Psychol, Cambridge CB2 3EB, England
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ANIMAL LEARNING & BEHAVIOR | 2000年 / 28卷 / 03期
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10.3758/BF03200258
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
This paper presents a brief, informal outline followed by a formal statement of an elemental associative learning model first described by McLaren, Kaye, and Mackintosh (1989). The model assumes representation of stimuli by sets of elements(i.e., microfeatures) and a set of associative algorithms that incorporate the following: real-time simulation of learning; an error-correcting learning rule; weight decay that distinguishes between transient and permanent associations; and modulation of associative learning that gives high salience to and, hence, promotes rapid learning with novel, unpredicted stimuli and reduces the salience for a stimulus as its error term declines. The model is applied in outline fashion to some of the basic phenomena of simple conditioning and, in greater detail, to the phenomena of latent inhibition and perceptual learning. A detailed account of generalization and discrimination will be provided in a later paper.
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