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Autor/inn/en | Pinto, Carlos; Machado, Armando |
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Titel | Short-Term Memory for Temporal Intervals: Contrasting Explanations of the Choose-Short Effect in Pigeons |
Quelle | In: Learning and Motivation, 42 (2011) 1, S.13-25 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0023-9690 |
DOI | 10.1016/j.lmot.2010.05.001 |
Schlagwörter | Intervals; Infants; Tests; Short Term Memory; Stimulus Generalization; Attention; Experiments; Evaluation Methods; Animals; Task Analysis; Time Factors (Learning) |
Abstract | To better understand short-term memory for temporal intervals, we re-examined the choose-short effect. In Experiment 1, to contrast the predictions of two models of this effect, the subjective shortening and the coding models, pigeons were exposed to a delayed matching-to-sample task with three sample durations (2, 6 and 18 s) and retention intervals ranging from 0 to 20 s. Consistent with the coding model, the results suggested a sudden forgetting of memories for duration. In Experiment 2, to test the confusion hypothesis, the characteristics of the ITI and the retention interval differed. Contrary to the confusion hypothesis, a choose-short effect was obtained. In both experiments, a test with only two of the three comparison keys was performed. The results suggest three effects that may be controlling the birds' responses: stimulus generalization when no retention interval is present; an increase in random responding at longer retention intervals; and, similarly, an increase in preference for the "short-sample" key at longer retention intervals. (Contains 6 figures.) (As Provided). |
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Update | 2017/4/10 |