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Temporal contiguity determines overshadowing and potentiation of human Action-Outcome performance.

ABSTRACT: Three experiments (n = 81, n = 81, n = 82, respectively) explored how temporal contiguity influences Action-Outcome learning, assessing whether an intervening signal competed, facilitated, or had no effect on performance and causal attribution in undergraduate participants. Across experiments, we observed competition and facilitation as a function of the temporal contiguity between Action and Outcome. When there was a strong temporal relationship between Action and Outcome, the signal competed with the action, hindering instrumental performance but not causal attribution (Experiments 1 and 3). However, with weak temporal contiguity, the same signal facilitated both instrumental performance and causal attribution (Experiments 1 and 2). Finally, the physical intensity of the signal determined the magnitude of competition. As anticipated by associative learning models, a more salient signal attenuated to a greater extent instrumental performance (Experiment 3). These results are discussed by reference to a recent adaptation of the configural theory of learning.

SUBMITTER: Alcala JA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9371369 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Temporal contiguity determines overshadowing and potentiation of human Action-Outcome performance.

Alcalá José A JA Kirkden Richard D RD Bray Jess J Prados José J Urcelay Gonzalo P GP

Psychonomic bulletin & review 20220811 1

Three experiments (n = 81, n = 81, n = 82, respectively) explored how temporal contiguity influences Action-Outcome learning, assessing whether an intervening signal competed, facilitated, or had no effect on performance and causal attribution in undergraduate participants. Across experiments, we observed competition and facilitation as a function of the temporal contiguity between Action and Outcome. When there was a strong temporal relationship between Action and Outcome, the signal competed w ...[more]

PMID: 35953666

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