Absence of overshadowing and blocking between landmarks and the geometric cues provided by the shape of a test arena

Hayward, Andrew, McGregor, Anthony, Good, Mark Andrew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1824-1203 and Pearce, John Martindale ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-8650 2003. Absence of overshadowing and blocking between landmarks and the geometric cues provided by the shape of a test arena. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology. B: Comparative and Physiological Psychology 56 (1) , pp. 114-126. 10.1080/02724990244000214

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Abstract

In three experiments rats were required to escape from a pool of water by swimming to a submerged platform. The position of the platform was determined by the shape of the pool, which was either rectangular or triangular. A landmark that was located on the surface of the pool near the platform failed to overshadow (Experiment 1) or block (Experiment 2) learning about the position of the platform with reference to the shape of the pool. Experiment 3 revealed a similar outcome with cues outside the pool, which could be used, in addition to the shape of the pool, to identify the location of the platform. These findings imply that theories of learning that assume that stimuli must compete with each other for the control that they acquire may not apply to spatial learning based on the shape of the environment.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Publisher:	Psychology Press
ISSN:	0272-4995
Last Modified:	08 Dec 2022 09:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/34409

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