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Asymmetrical sample training produces asymmetrical retention functions in feature-present/feature-absent matching in pigeons

dc.contributor.authorGrant, Douglas
dc.contributor.authorBlatz, Craig
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-21
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-28T00:36:43Z
dc.date.available2022-05-28T00:36:43Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractPigeons were trained in a matching task in which samples involved presentation of a white line on a green background (feature-present) or on an otherwise dark key (feature-absent). After asymmetrical training in which one group was initially trained with the feature-present sample and another was initially trained with the feature-absent sample, marked retention asymmetries were obtained. In both groups, accuracy dropped precipitously on trials involving the initially trained sample and remained high on trials involving the sample introduced second in training. It was concluded that asymmetrical training encouraged a single-code/default strategy in which only the sample trained initially was coded. Consistent with this conclusion, changing attributes of either sample reduced accuracy to a greater extent in pigeons initially trained with that sample than in pigeons for which that sample was introduced second in training.
dc.description.urihttps://library.macewan.ca/cgi-bin/SFX/url.pl/90W
dc.identifier.citationGrant, D. S., & Blatz, C. W. (2004). Asymmetrical sample training produces asymmetrical retention functions in feature-present/feature-absent matching in pigeons. Learning and Motivation, 35, 53-70. doi: 10.1016/S0023-9690(03)00039-0.
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0023-9690(03)00039-0
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14078/744
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll Rights Reserved
dc.subjectdelayed matching-to-sample
dc.subjectfeature-present sample
dc.subjectfeature-absent sample
dc.subjectasymmetrical sample training
dc.subjectasymmetrical retention functions
dc.subjectsingle-code/default strategy
dc.subjectpigeons
dc.titleAsymmetrical sample training produces asymmetrical retention functions in feature-present/feature-absent matching in pigeonsen
dc.typeArticle

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