Dynamic integration of conceptual information during learning.

ABSTRACT: The development and application of concepts is a critical component of cognition. Although concepts can be formed on the basis of simple perceptual or semantic features, conceptual representations can also capitalize on similarities across feature relationships. By representing these types of higher-order relationships, concepts can simplify the learning problem and facilitate decisions. Despite this, little is known about the neural mechanisms that support the construction and deployment of these kinds of higher-order concepts during learning. To address this question, we combined a carefully designed associative learning task with computational model-based functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Participants were scanned as they learned and made decisions about sixteen pairs of cue

SUBMITTER: Inhoff MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6235360 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature