"Causal Reasoning" in Rats: A Reappraisal
"Causal Reasoning" in Rats: A Reappraisal
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10.1037/a0015007
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2009-10-01
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Honey, R. C.
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Dwyer, D. M.;Starns, J.;Honey, R. C.
最近有人认为，老鼠从事因果推理，他们这样做的方式是符合Baves网理论（布莱斯德尔，萨瓦，Leiong & Waldmann，2006）。这一论点是基于这样的发现，即当提示的呈现取决于杠杆按压时，提示引起接近食物井的倾向降低。然而，对关键实验发现的另一种解释是基于反应竞争的简单原理，其中]在这里，作者重复了Blaisdell等人（2006）的实验1和2a。并发现在关键线索过程中杠杆按压和食物井接近的相互模式。这些结果直接支持了反应竞争的解释，同时提供了与贝叶斯网络理论相反的证据，并且很容易在传统联想学习理论提供的理论框架内进行解释
It has recently been argued that rats engage in causal reasoning and they do so in a way that is consistent with Baves net theories (Blaisdell, Sawa, Leiong & Waldmann, 2006). This argument was based upon the finding that the tendency of cues to elicit approach to a food-well was reduced when their presentation was contingent on lever pressing There is, however, an alternative interpretation of the critical experimental findings that is based on the simple principle of response competition wherein]ever pressing interferes with the tendency to approach the food well Here the authors replicated Experiments 1 and 2a of Blaisdell et al. (2006) and found reciprocal patterns of lever pressing and food well approach during the critical cues. These results lend direct support for an interpretation in terms of response competition while providing evidence contrary to Bayes net theories, and are readily interpreted within the theoretical framework provided by traditional associative learning theory