Hall, G., Blair, C.A.J. and Artigas, A.A. (2006) Associative activation of stimulus representations restores lost salience: Implications for perceptual learning. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes, 32 (2). pp. 145-155. ISSN 0097-7403
Abstract
In 3 experiments, rats received preexposure to presentations of a compound flavor BX. The effective salience of B was then tested by assessing its ability to interfere with the aversion controlled by another flavor or the tendency to drink a saline solution after the induction of a salt need. It was found that the effective salience of B was maintained when during preexposure, presentations of BX alternated with presentations of X alone. This was true both when BX was presented as a simultaneous compound (Experiment 1) and as a serial compound (X?B; Experiments 2 and 3); salience was not maintained when the serial compound took the form B?X (Experiments 2 and 3a). It was argued that the salience of B declines during preexposure but is restored when presentations of X are able to activate the representation of B by way of the associative X-B link.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Psychology (York) |
Depositing User: | York RAE Import |
Date Deposited: | 03 Aug 2009 13:58 |
Last Modified: | 03 Aug 2009 13:58 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0097-7403.32.2.145 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Apa American Psychological Association |
Identification Number: | 10.1037/0097-7403.32.2.145 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:6645 |