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Differential outcomes aid the formation of categorical relationships between stimuli

Easton, A.; Child, S.; Lopez-Crespo, G.

Authors

S. Child

G. Lopez-Crespo



Abstract

The differential outcome effect is when learning is enhanced through the application of different outcomes to different conditions of a task. Here we explore whether one difference in learning with differential outcomes is an enhanced categorisation of objects. We demonstrate that participants learning conditional discriminations are better able to identify previously unpaired objects as belonging to the same category when differential outcomes were used in learning these stimuli.

Citation

Easton, A., Child, S., & Lopez-Crespo, G. (2011). Differential outcomes aid the formation of categorical relationships between stimuli. Behavioural Brain Research, 222(1), 270-273. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.036

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Sep 1, 2011
Deposit Date Feb 22, 2012
Journal Behavioural Brain Research
Print ISSN 0166-4328
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 222
Issue 1
Pages 270-273
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.036
Keywords Learning, Humans, Outcomes.


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