TY - JOUR
T1 - On the importance of feedback for categorization
T2 - Revisiting category learning experiments using an adaptive filter model
AU - Marchant, Nicolás
AU - Chaigneau, Sergio E.
PY - 2022/10/1
Y1 - 2022/10/1
N2 - Associative accounts of category learning have been, for the most part, abandoned in favor of cognitive explanations (e.g., similarity, explicit rules). In the current work, we implement an Adaptive Linear Filter (ALF) closely related to the Rescorla and Wagner learning rule, and use it to tackle three learning tasks that pose challenges to an associative view of category learning. Across three computational simulations, we show that the ALF is in fact able to make the predictions that seemed problematic. Notably, in our simulations we use exactly the same model and specifications, attesting to the generality of our account. We discuss the consequences of our findings for the category learning literature. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
AB - Associative accounts of category learning have been, for the most part, abandoned in favor of cognitive explanations (e.g., similarity, explicit rules). In the current work, we implement an Adaptive Linear Filter (ALF) closely related to the Rescorla and Wagner learning rule, and use it to tackle three learning tasks that pose challenges to an associative view of category learning. Across three computational simulations, we show that the ALF is in fact able to make the predictions that seemed problematic. Notably, in our simulations we use exactly the same model and specifications, attesting to the generality of our account. We discuss the consequences of our findings for the category learning literature. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).
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U2 - 10.1037/xan0000339
DO - 10.1037/xan0000339
M3 - Article
C2 - 36265022
AN - SCOPUS:85140282908
SN - 2329-8464
VL - 48
SP - 295
EP - 306
JO - Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition
JF - Journal of experimental psychology. Animal learning and cognition
IS - 4
ER -