Miguez Gonzalo, Laborda Mario A, Miller Ralph R
Department of Psychology, State University of New York - Binghamton, Binghamton, NY, 13902-6000, USA.
Learn Behav. 2014 Mar;42(1):47-57. doi: 10.3758/s13420-013-0123-9.
Two fear-conditioning experiments with rats assessed whether retrospective revaluation, which has been observed in cue competition (i.e., when compounded cues are followed with an outcome), can also be observed in retroactive cue interference (i.e., when different cues are reinforced in separate phases with the same outcome). Experiment 1 found that after inducing retroactive cue interference (i.e., X-outcome followed by A-outcome), nonreinforced presentations of the interfering cue (A) decreases interference with responding to the target cue (X), just as has been observed in retrospective revaluation experiments in cue competition. Using the opposite manipulation (i.e., adding reinforced presentations of A), Experiment 2 demonstrated that after inducing retroactive cue interference, additional reinforced presentations of the interfering cue (A) increases interference with responding to the target cue (X); alternatively stated, the amount of interference increases with the amount of training with the interfering cue. Thus, both types of retrospective revaluation occur in retroactive cue competition. The results are discussed in terms of the possibility that similar associative mechanisms underlie cue competition and cue interference.
两项针对大鼠的恐惧条件反射实验评估了在线索竞争中观察到的回顾性重评(即复合线索之后伴随着一个结果时)是否也能在追溯性线索干扰中观察到(即不同线索在不同阶段用相同结果进行强化时)。实验1发现,在诱发追溯性线索干扰(即X-结果之后是A-结果)后,对干扰线索(A)的非强化呈现减少了对目标线索(X)反应的干扰,这与在线索竞争的回顾性重评实验中观察到的情况相同。使用相反的操作(即增加A的强化呈现),实验2表明,在诱发追溯性线索干扰后,干扰线索(A)的额外强化呈现增加了对目标线索(X)反应的干扰;或者说,干扰量随着对干扰线索的训练量增加而增加。因此,两种类型的回顾性重评都发生在追溯性线索竞争中。我们从线索竞争和线索干扰背后可能存在相似联想机制的角度对结果进行了讨论。