Special issue to commemorate the intellectual contributions of Allan R. Wagner.

Delamater, Andrew R.; Whitlow, Jesse W.

doi:10.1037/xan0000260

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“…A frequently told rumor goes as follows: “On that plane ride … both Wagner and Rescorla had realized how to integrate the results from relative cue validity and contingency experiments in terms of Kamin’s blocking effect. That idea was formalized with the important recognition that expectation of the unconditioned stimulus is based on all stimuli present on a conditioning trial, including the experimental context” (Delamater & Whitlow, 2020, p. 166). Thus, the Rescorla-Wagner model was born.…”

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The Rescorla-Wagner Model: The culmination of Hume’s theory of causation.

Wasserman¹,

Castro²

2022

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cogniti

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The associative learning theory of Robert Rescorla and Allan Wagner has been duly celebrated for its 50-year reign as the predominant model in learning science. One special recognition is warranted: its close correspondence with David Hume's associative theory of causality judgment. Hume's rules by which causes come to suggest effects are not only embraced by the Rescorla-Wagner model, but their mechanistic account makes precise quantitative predictions that can be assessed by empirical evidence rather than by speculation and argumentation. Framed in this way, the Rescorla-Wagner model truly represents the scientific culmination of Hume's philosophical theory of causation.

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confidence: 99%