Testing analogical rule transfer in pigeons (Columba livia)
Testing analogical rule transfer in pigeons (Columba livia)
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DOI：
10.1016/j.cognition.2018.11.011
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发表时间：
2019-02-01
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3.4
通讯作者：
Cook, Robert G.
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作者：
Qadri, Muhammad A. J.;Ashby, F. Gregory;Cook, Robert G.
范畴化是一个重要的认知过程，有助于将知识从先前的经验转移到新的情境中。训练分类行为扩展到新刺激的机制，特别是在动物中，还没有得到充分的理解。为了了解鸽子如何学习和转移类别成员资格，七只鸽子被训练分类控制，二维刺激在两个选择强迫选择任务。在维度、基于规则（RB）或信息整合（II）的训练之后，进行了测试，重点是将学习的辨别力“类比”扩展到刺激空间的新区域（Casale，Roeder和Ashby，2012）。鸽子的结果反映了使用相同的类比任务结构、训练和测试评估的人类和非人类灵长类动物的结果：鸽子在RB训练后将其辨别行为转移到新的扩展值，但在II训练后没有。评估基于规则的模型和基于关联的模型的进一步实验表明，鸽子使用维度和关联来学习任务，并在参数刺激空间的新区域内调解对刺激的转移。
Categorization is an essential cognitive process useful for transferring knowledge from previous experience to novel situations. The mechanisms by which trained categorization behavior extends to novel stimuli, especially in animals, are insufficiently understood. To understand how pigeons learn and transfer category membership, seven pigeons were trained to classify controlled, bi-dimensional stimuli in a two-alternative forced-choice task. Following either dimensional, rule-based (RB) or information integration (II) training, tests were conducted focusing on the "analogical" extension of the learned discrimination to novel regions of the stimulus space (Casale, Roeder, & Ashby, 2012). The pigeons' results mirrored those from human and non-human primates evaluated using the same analogical task structure, training and testing: the pigeons transferred their discriminative behavior to the new extended values following RB training, but not after II training. Further experiments evaluating rule-based models and association-based models suggested the pigeons use dimensions and associations to learn the task and mediate transfer to stimuli within the novel region of the parametric stimulus space.