Discrimination of structure: III. Representation of spatial relationships

Haselgrove, Mark ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-1181, George, David Noel and Pearce, John Martindale ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6121-8650 2005. Discrimination of structure: III. Representation of spatial relationships. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Behavior Processes 31 (4) , pp. 433-448. 10.1037/0097-7403.31.4.433

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Abstract

Pigeons received a discrimination in which the spatial relationship between 2 adjacent rectangles filled with different colors signaled the trial outcome. Test trials then involved the same rectangles separated horizontally by a gap. The tests in Experiment 1 disrupted the discrimination more when the rectangles were tall and thin than when they were short and wide. Experiment 2 revealed that the width of the rectangles rather than their height determined the extent to which separating them would disrupt the original discrimination. The results are explained in terms of a template-matching account of pattern recognition with the additional assumption, supported by Experiment 3, that the size of a template can be altered to improve its match with a test pattern.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Publisher:	American Psychological Association
ISSN:	0097-7403
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2022 09:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/3382

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