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Disentangling the Effects of Attentional Weighting and Associative Mediation in Perceptual Learning Reveals No Evidence for Associative Mediation
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George, David N.; Oltean, Bianca P. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2020
Learning to categorize perceptually similar stimuli can result in people becoming more sensitive to differences along perceptual dimensions that are relevant to category membership and/or less sensitive to equivalent differences along irrelevant perceptual dimensions. These effects of acquired distinctiveness and acquired equivalence may be caused…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Associative Learning, Learning Processes
The Effects of Extinction-Aroused Attention on Context Conditioning
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Nelson, James Byron; Fabiano, Andrew M.; Lamoureux, Jeffrey A. – Learning & Memory, 2018
Two experiments assessed the effects of extinguishing a conditioned cue on subsequent context conditioning. Each experiment used a different video-game method where sensors predicted attacking spaceships and participants responded to the sensor in a way that prepared them for the upcoming attack. In Experiment 1 extinction of a cue which signaled…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Arousal Patterns, Attention, Context Effect
Word-Context Associations in Episodic Memory Are Learned at the Conceptual Level: Word Frequency, Bilingual Proficiency, and Bilingual Status Effects on Source Memory
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Francis, Wendy S.; Strobach, E. Natalia; Penalver, Renee M.; Martínez, Michelle; Gurrola, Bianca V.; Soltero, Amaris – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2019
Three source-memory experiments were conducted with Spanish-English bilinguals and monolingual English speakers matched on age, education, nonverbal cognitive ability and socioeconomic status. Bilingual language proficiency and dominance were assessed using standardized objective measures. In Experiment 1, source was manipulated visuo-spatially,…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Short Term Memory, Context Effect, Concept Formation
The Effects of Verbalization on Verbal Discrimination Learning and Associative Recall in Young Children and Adults
Goulet, L. R.; Hoyer, William J. – J Exp Child Psychol, 1969
Supported by grant MH-13515-02 from the U. S. Public Health Service.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, College Students, Discrimination Learning