Rapid Top-Down Control of Behavior Due to Propositional Knowledge in Human Associative Learning.

ABSTRACT: Propositional and associative processes have been proposed to explain human associative learning. Our main objective in this study was to evaluate whether propositional knowledge may gain control over behavior even under high time-pressure conditions, as suggested by propositional single-process models. In the experiment reported, different groups of participants had to learn a series of cue-outcome relationships on a trial-by-trial basis under different time pressure conditions. Later, a simple verbal instruction indicated that one of the cues had reversed its contingency (informed condition). The other cue had also changed its contingency, though in an unanticipated way (uninformed condition) whilst other contingencies did not change (no-change condition). The results showed that, in the

SUBMITTER: Lopez FJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5125669 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature