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Principles of associative learning
Reference
S09284
Principal Investigator / Supervisor
Professor John Martindale Pearce
Co-Investigators /
Co-Supervisors
Institution
Cardiff University
Department
Sch of Psychology
Funding type
Research
Value (£)
177,454
Status
Completed
Type
Research Grant
Start date
01/11/1998
End date
01/11/2001
Duration
36 months
Abstract
The project will focus on two principles that are believed to influence associative learning in animals. One generally accepted principle is that learning will take place whenever a surprising reinforcer is presented. Experiments will examine circumstances in which this principle is violated, in the hope of identifying more precisely the way in which surprise influences learning. The second principle is that the ease with which animals can discriminate between signals for the presence and absence of reward is governed by their similarity. This principle will be tested with a variety of discriminations and with independent tests to assess the similarity of the signals.
Summary
unavailable
Committee
Closed Committee - Animal Sciences (AS)
Research Topics
X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority
X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative
X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme
X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme
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