Augmentation in contingency learning under time pressure

Miguel A. Vadillo; Helena Matute

doi:10.1348/000712609X477566

Augmentation in contingency learning under time pressure

Miguel A. Vadillo^*
, Helena Matute

^*Corresponding author for this work

Population Health Sciences

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Abstract

Recent research suggests that cue competition effects in human contingency learning, such as blocking, are due to higher-order cognitive processes. Moreover, some experimental reports suggest that the effect opposite to blocking, augmentation, could occur in experimental preparations that preclude the intervention of reasoning mechanisms. In the present research, we tested this hypothesis by investigating cue interaction effects in an experimental task in which participants had to enter their responses under time pressure. The results show that under these conditions, augmentation, instead of blocking, is observed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	579-589
Number of pages	11
Journal	British Journal of Psychology
Volume	101
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1348/000712609X477566
Publication status	Published - Aug 2010

Keywords

CAUSAL JUDGMENT
CUE COMPETITION
OUTCOME CONTINGENCY
BLOCKING
DISCRIMINATION
DISSOCIATION
POTENTIATION
ATTRIBUTION
PREDICTIONS
PERFORMANCE

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