A comparative analysis of negative contingency learning in humans and nonhumans.

摘要: This chapter discusses that comparative analysis of human and nonhuman learning reveals many parallels in the cognitive process detects negative interevent relations. There are two ways interpreting parallels. First, evolution has equipped nervous system humans nonhumans with a primitive contingency detection mechanism. mechanism is associative readily embodied connectionist model. Presumably, these associations learn implicitly, products available for conscious report by humans. If result single mechanism, behavioral tests continues to reveal similarities behavior nonhumans. With continued study, it should eventually all there know about precise nature this A second way attribute them analogous mechanisms rather than homologous ones. Faced problem adapting temporal regularities, different adaptive might have stumbled upon similar solutions. Like wings birds bats, but not same. Linear coding also allows subjects rapidly generalize their new situation. It impossible fully equate conditions learning, so any observed differences could be task specific species specific.