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ArticleBehavioural processes2014

Timing in a variable interval procedure: evidence for a memory singularity.

Matthew S Matell, Jung S Kim, Loryn Hartshorne

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Article in Behavioural processes, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Matthew S MatellDepartment of Psychology, Villanova University, United States. Electronic address: matthew.matell@villanova.edu.
Jung S KimDepartment of Psychology, Villanova University, United States.
Loryn HartshorneDepartment of Psychology, Villanova University, United States.

Funding

Synthesis of Incongruent Temporal InformationR15DA029809 · NIDA · VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY · PI MATELL, MATTHEW S · 2011 to 2011
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NIDA NIH HHS R15 DA029809
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rats were trained in either a 30 s peak-interval procedure, or a 15-45 s variable interval peak procedure with a uniform distribution (Exp 1) or a ramping probability distribution (Exp 2). Rats in all groups showed peak shaped response functions centered around 30 s, with the uniform group having an earlier and broader peak response function and rats in the ramping group having a later peak function as compared to the single duration group. The changes in these mean functions, as well as the statistics from single trial analyses, can be better captured by a model of timing in which memory is represented by a single, average, delay to reinforcement compared to one in which all durations are stored as a distribution, such as the complete memory model of Scalar Expectancy Theory or a simple associative model. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Associative and Temporal Learning.

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Models, TheoreticalReinforcement, PsychologyAnimalsAssociation LearningConditioning, OperantMaleMemoryRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyReinforcement ScheduleTime FactorsTime PerceptionMemoryPeak procedureRatsTime perception

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PMID24012783
PMCPMC3943978

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