Utilization of cues signaling different test stimulus dimensions in delayed matching to sample by pigeons

Santi, Angelo; Musgrave, Sharon; Bradford, Sheree Anne

doi:10.1016/0023-9690(88)90027-6

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“…On the other hand, in successive matching, the novelty of comparison presentation on F-cue probe trials may result in the disinhibition (or recovery) of responding on nonreinforced trials. To anticipate this criticism, Grant and Soldat cited Santi, Musgrave, and Bradford (1988), who found (consistent with the results of the present experiment) that in a one-tomany matching-to-sample procedure in which delay stimuli were used to designate which comparison pair would be presented, there was very little decrement in matching accuracy on probe trials when the delay stimuli miscued the comparison pairs. However, Santi et a1.…”

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Directed forgetting in pigeons resulting from the reallocation of memory-maintaining processes on forget-cue trials

Kaiser

Sherburne

Zentall

1997

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

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When procedural artifacts are controlled, it has been difficult to demonstrate directed forgetting in pigeons. However, previous research with pigeons has not allowed for the reallocation of working memory (from forget items to remember items) on forget-cued trials as is possible in human directed forgetting experiments. In the present experiment, directed forgetting was found while controlling for procedural artifacts and allowing the pigeons to reallocate memory resources on forget trials. The results indicate that under these conditions, pigeons have active control over memory processing.Directed forgetting, a phenomenon that is well documented in the human literature (Bjork, 1972;Epstein, 1972;Johnson, 1994), has been used traditionally to show that humans can have active control over memory maintaining processes. Although several procedures have been used to demonstrate directed forgetting in humans, the one of most interest here is the "distinctive forget instruction" procedure (see Johnson, 1994). With this procedure, participants are given a list of words, some followed by a cue that instructs them that memory for that word will later be tested (remember cued), and some followed by a cue that instructs them that memory for that word will not be tested (forget cued). Humans typically show better memory for words that are cued to be remembered than for words that are cued to be forgotten. This finding suggests that humans can exert active control over information processing and memory.

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Directed forgetting in pigeons resulting from the reallocation of memory-maintaining processes on forget-cue trials

Kaiser

Sherburne

Zentall

1997

Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

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“…In short, the presence versus absence of common coding could determine whether durations of two different signals will or will not be combined by preventing or promoting resetting of the intemal clock, A final issue relevant to the use of unique sets of choice stimuli is the cuing phenomenon. In MTS studies in which the same sampIe is mapped onto two different choice stimuli and the choice stimuli are cued prior to testing, deficits often occur when the choice stimuli are miscued (Grant & MacDonald, 1990;Santi, Musgrave, & Bradford, 1988;Stonebraker & Rilling, 1984). It could be argued that pigeons in this study were trained to match the same sampIe duration to two different choice stimuli, and that signal type cued a specific set of choice alternatives.…”

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Matching-to-sample performance by pigeons trained with visual-duration compound samples

Kraemer

Roper

1992

Animal Learning & Behavior

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“…Under these conditions, the cue can influence choice accuracy, as indicated by performance when the choice stimuli are miscued. When the choice stimuli are not those associated with the preceding cue, accuracy declines (Grant & MacDonald, 1990;Santi, Musgrave, & Bradford, 1988;Stonebraker & Rilling, 1984). If it is assumed that sample duration is the functional stimulus used to select an appropriate choice stimulus, then the probe procedure used here is very similar to the miscuing procedure.…”

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Absence of immediate transfer of training of duration symbolic-matching-to-sample in pigeons

Kraemer

1991

Animal Learning & Behavior

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Two experiments examined the perfonnance of pigeons on symbolic-matching-to sarnple in which the relevant sample dimension consisted of duration. Each pigeon was trained on two problems that had the same two sampIe durations, 2 and 10 sec, but were different with respect to other physical properties ofthe sampIes. Durations oflight and tone were used in Experiment 1; durations of two different color-location compounds were used in Experiment 2. In each experiment, a unique choice stimulus was associated with each of the four possible combinations of duration and signal type. Test sessions contained probe trials in which the choice stimuli were those appropriate for a long and a short duration of the signal type opposite to that actually presented. Pigeons in both experiments displayed asymmetrical performance deficits. Accuracy on long durations dropped to chance or below, whereas accuracy on short durations remained high. This pattern is similar to the choose-short effect that is obtained when animals are tested with long retention intervals. The implications ofthese results for duration memory, coding, and transfer of training are discussed.

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Utilization of cues signaling different test stimulus dimensions in delayed matching to sample by pigeons

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Directed forgetting in pigeons resulting from the reallocation of memory-maintaining processes on forget-cue trials

Directed forgetting in pigeons resulting from the reallocation of memory-maintaining processes on forget-cue trials

Matching-to-sample performance by pigeons trained with visual-duration compound samples

Absence of immediate transfer of training of duration symbolic-matching-to-sample in pigeons

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