Concept learning without differential reinforcement in pigeons by means of contextual cueing.

Kalliu C. Couto; Victor M. Navarro; Tatiana R. Smith; Edward A. Wasserman

doi:10.1037/xan0000099

Concept learning without differential reinforcement in pigeons by means of contextual cueing.

Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition ◽

10.1037/xan0000099 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 42 (2) ◽

pp. 221-227 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Kalliu C. Couto ◽

Victor M. Navarro ◽

Tatiana R. Smith ◽

Edward A. Wasserman

Keyword(s):

Concept Learning ◽

Differential Reinforcement ◽

Contextual Cueing

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Supplemental Material for Concept Learning Without Differential Reinforcement in Pigeons by Means of Contextual Cueing

Journal of Experimental Psychology Animal Learning and Cognition ◽

10.1037/xan0000099.supp ◽

2016 ◽

Keyword(s):

Concept Learning ◽

Differential Reinforcement ◽

Contextual Cueing

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Visual Search Facilitation in Repeated Displays Depends on Visuospatial Working Memory

Experimental Psychology (formerly Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Psychologie) ◽

10.1027/1618-3169/a000125 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 59 (1) ◽

pp. 47-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Angela A. Manginelli ◽

Franziska Geringswald ◽

Stefan Pollmann

Keyword(s):

Working Memory ◽

Visual Search ◽

Control Experiment ◽

Memory Load ◽

Contextual Cueing ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Visuospatial Working Memory ◽

Working Memory Load ◽

Memory Resources

When distractor configurations are repeated over time, visual search becomes more efficient, even if participants are unaware of the repetition. This contextual cueing is a form of incidental, implicit learning. One might therefore expect that contextual cueing does not (or only minimally) rely on working memory resources. This, however, is debated in the literature. We investigated contextual cueing under either a visuospatial or a nonspatial (color) visual working memory load. We found that contextual cueing was disrupted by the concurrent visuospatial, but not by the color working memory load. A control experiment ruled out that unspecific attentional factors of the dual-task situation disrupted contextual cueing. Visuospatial working memory may be needed to match current display items with long-term memory traces of previously learned displays.

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