Transfer Effects in Feature-Positive and Feature-Negative Learning by Adult Humans

1981 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 417 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary B. Nallan ◽  
Mary-Beth Brown ◽  
Christine Edmonds ◽  
Valda Gillham ◽  
Kirk Kowalewski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Adult Humans ◽  
Feature Positive ◽  
Feature Negative

Transfer Effects in Feature-Positive and Feature-Negative Learning by Pigeons

1984 ◽  
Vol 97 (4) ◽  
pp. 509 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gary B. Nallan ◽  
James S. Miller ◽  
D. F. McCoy ◽  
Roger T. Taylor ◽  
Joseph Serwatka
Keyword(s):  
Transfer Effects ◽  
Feature Positive ◽  
Feature Negative

Identity Relation Can Serve as the Distinguishing Feature in Feature-Positive and Feature-Negative Learning Research

1986 ◽  
Vol 99 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Gary B. Nallan ◽  
Reliford Sanders ◽  
Carla Dykeman ◽  
Mary Hughes ◽  
Mary Rauth ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Identity Relation ◽  
Learning Research ◽  
Feature Positive ◽  
Feature Negative

scholarly journals An exploration of the feature-positive effect in adult humans

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anja Lotz ◽  
Metin Uengoer ◽  
Stephan Koenig ◽  
John M Pearce ◽  
Harald Lachnit
Keyword(s):  
Adult Humans ◽  
Feature Positive Effect ◽  
Feature Positive ◽  
Positive Effect

scholarly journals Loss of Hierarchical Control by Occasion Setters Following Lesions of the Prelimbic and Infralimbic Medial Prefrontal Cortex in Rats

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 48
Author(s):  
Stephanie Roughley ◽  
Simon Killcross
Keyword(s):  
Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Medial Prefrontal Cortex ◽  
Hierarchical Control ◽  
Occasion Setting ◽  
Positive Target ◽  
Negative Feature ◽  
Positive Feature ◽  
Feature Positive ◽  
Feature Negative

Recent work suggests complementary roles of the prelimbic and infralimbic regions of the rat medial prefrontal cortex in cognitive control processes, with the prelimbic cortex implicated in top-down modulation of associations and the infralimbic cortex playing a role in the inhibition of inappropriate responses. Following selective lesions made to prelimbic or infralimbic regions (or control sham-surgery) rats received simultaneous training on Pavlovian feature negative (A+, XA−) and feature positive (B−, YB+) discriminations designed to lead to hierarchical occasion-setting control by the features (X, Y) over their respective targets (A, B). Evidence for hierarchical control was assessed in a transfer test in which features and targets were swapped (YA, XB). All groups were able to learn the feature negative and feature positive discriminations. Whilst sham-lesioned animals showed no transfer of control by features to novel targets (a hallmark of hierarchical control), rats with lesions of prelimbic or infralimbic regions showed evidence of transfer from the positive feature (Y) to the negative target (A), and from the negative feature (X) to the positive target (B; although this only achieved significance in infralimbic-lesioned animals). These data indicate that damage to either of these regions disrupts hierarchical occasion-setting control, extending our knowledge of their role in cognitive control to encompass flexible behaviours dictated by discrete cues.

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