Context specificity in pigeon autoshaping

Honey, Robert Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6870-1880, Willis, Alan and Hall, Geoffrey 1990. Context specificity in pigeon autoshaping. Learning and Motivation 21 (2) , pp. 125-136. 10.1016/0023-9690(90)90015-G

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Abstract

In Experiment 1, pigeons were autoshaped with two stimuli (a and b) in one context, X, and two further stimuli (c and d) in a second context, Y, that differed from the first in a number of visual characteristics. In the test phase subjects received presentations of stimuli a and d in context X and c and b in context Y. The response rate to the stimuli that were tested in the context in which they had been trained, a and c, was higher than that to the stimuli that were trained and tested in different contexts, b and d. This finding was replicated in Experiment 2 in which the contexts were differentiated by their odor. These results suggest that contextual cues can influence the retrieval of associative information.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0023-9690
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:11
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/57577

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