The ubiquity of selective attention in the processing of feedback during category learning.

ABSTRACT: Feedback is essential for many kinds of learning, but the cognitive processes involved in learning from feedback are unclear. Models of category learning incorporate selective attention to stimulus features while generating a response, but during the feedback phase of an experiment, it is assumed that participants receive complete information about stimulus features as well as the correct category. The present work looks at eye tracking data from six category learning datasets covering a variety of category complexities and types. We find that selective attention to task-relevant information is pervasive throughout feedback processing, suggesting a role for selective attention in memory encoding of category exemplars. We also find that error trials elicit additional stimulus processing dur

SUBMITTER: Dolguikh K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8675756 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature