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. 1987 Jan-Mar;22(1):16-30.
doi: 10.1007/BF02699436.

Conditioning, attention, and the CS-US interval. A theoretical statement of relations

E N Damianopoulos

Conditioning, attention, and the CS-US interval. A theoretical statement of relations

E N Damianopoulos. Pavlov J Biol Sci. 1987 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

A revised version of the Rescorla-Wagner (1972) mathematical model is presented. A metatheoretical assumption of an attentional process, the added revision, is conceived as an independent alpha-salience growth factor determining both rate of association and performance. Conditioned stimulus-unconditioned stimulus (CS-US) correlation, and CS-US interval (two primary conditioning parameters) are incorporated in the mathematical model as alpha-salience growth rate and as alpha-salience and association asymptote factors, respectively. In this manner, the long-standing issue of necessary and sufficient factors in classical conditioning is resolved. An empirical assessment of the model's parameters has been included.

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