Title | Response processes in information-integration category learning |
Publication Type | Journal Article |
Year of Publication | 2008 |
Authors | Spiering, B. J., & F Ashby G. |
Journal | Neurobiology of Learning and Memory |
Volume | 90 |
Issue | 2 |
Pagination | 330-338 |
Date Published | 2008 Sep |
ISSN | 1095-9564 |
Keywords | Association Learning, Attention, Basal Ganglia, Color Perception, Discrimination Learning, Humans, Mental Recall, Orientation, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Problem Solving, Psychomotor Performance, Size Perception |
Abstract | Much recent evidence suggests that human category learning is mediated by multiple systems. Evidence suggests that at least one of these depends on procedural learning within the basal ganglia. Information-integration categorization tasks are thought to load heavily on this procedural-learning system. The results of several previous studies were interpreted to suggest that response positions are learned in information-integration tasks. This hypothesis was tested in two experiments. Experiment 1 showed that information-integration category learning was slowed but not disrupted when the spatial location of the responses varied randomly across trials. Experiment 2 showed that information-integration learning was impaired if category membership was signaled by responding to a Yes/No question and the category label had no consistent spatial location. These results suggest that information-integration category learning does not require consistent response locations. In these experiments, a consistent association between a category and a response feature was sufficient. The implication of these results for the neurobiology of information-integration category learning is discussed. |
DOI | 10.1016/j.nlm.2008.04.015 |
Alternate Journal | Neurobiol Learn Mem |
PubMed ID | 18550397 |
PubMed Central ID | PMC2562679 |
Grant List | R01 MH063760 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States R01 MH063760-06 / MH / NIMH NIH HHS / United States |