Note on the relation between single-cue probability learning and multiple-cue probability learning
Subjects learned pairs of single-cue probability learning tasks concurrently. Although the subjects learned to respond differently to the concurrent tasks, the differences in responding to these tasks were smaller than the differences between the same tasks learned one at a time. This suggests that...
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| Published in | Organizational behavior and human performance Vol. 9; no. 2; pp. 246 - 252 |
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| Format | Journal Article |
| Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.01.1973
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | Subjects learned pairs of single-cue probability learning tasks concurrently. Although the subjects learned to respond differently to the concurrent tasks, the differences in responding to these tasks were smaller than the differences between the same tasks learned one at a time. This suggests that the concurrent tasks interfered with each other. The interference effects were asymmetric: a low validity cue interfered more with the learning of a high validity cue than vice versa. The results for the concurrent tasks parallel those for concurrently learned cues in multiple-cue probability learning. It is therefore suggested that at least part of the suboptimal use of the cues in multiple-cue probability learning is due to interference effects. |
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| ISSN: | 0030-5073 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/0030-5073(73)90049-4 |