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Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response
The human response to uncertainty has been well studied in tasks requiring attention and declarative memory systems. However, uncertainty monitoring and control have not been studied in multi-dimensional, information-integration categorization tasks that rely on non-declarative procedural memory. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264597 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-010-0041-4 |
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author | Paul, Erick J. Boomer, Joseph Smith, J. David Ashby, F. Gregory |
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description | The human response to uncertainty has been well studied in tasks requiring attention and declarative memory systems. However, uncertainty monitoring and control have not been studied in multi-dimensional, information-integration categorization tasks that rely on non-declarative procedural memory. Three experiments are described that investigated the human uncertainty response in such tasks. Experiment 1 showed that following standard categorization training, uncertainty responding was similar in information-integration tasks and rule-based tasks requiring declarative memory. In Experiment 2, however, uncertainty responding in untrained information-integration tasks impaired the ability of many participants to master those tasks. Finally, Experiment 3 showed that the deficit observed in Experiment 2 was not because of the uncertainty response option per se, but rather because the uncertainty response provided participants a mechanism via which to eliminate stimuli that were inconsistent with a simple declarative response strategy. These results are considered in the light of recent models of category learning and metacognition. |
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spelling | pubmed-30635422011-04-05 Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response Paul, Erick J. Boomer, Joseph Smith, J. David Ashby, F. Gregory Mem Cognit Article The human response to uncertainty has been well studied in tasks requiring attention and declarative memory systems. However, uncertainty monitoring and control have not been studied in multi-dimensional, information-integration categorization tasks that rely on non-declarative procedural memory. Three experiments are described that investigated the human uncertainty response in such tasks. Experiment 1 showed that following standard categorization training, uncertainty responding was similar in information-integration tasks and rule-based tasks requiring declarative memory. In Experiment 2, however, uncertainty responding in untrained information-integration tasks impaired the ability of many participants to master those tasks. Finally, Experiment 3 showed that the deficit observed in Experiment 2 was not because of the uncertainty response option per se, but rather because the uncertainty response provided participants a mechanism via which to eliminate stimuli that were inconsistent with a simple declarative response strategy. These results are considered in the light of recent models of category learning and metacognition. Springer-Verlag 2010-11-20 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3063542/ /pubmed/21264597 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-010-0041-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2010 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Paul, Erick J. Boomer, Joseph Smith, J. David Ashby, F. Gregory Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title | Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title_full | Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title_fullStr | Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title_full_unstemmed | Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title_short | Information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
title_sort | information–integration category learning and the human uncertainty response |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3063542/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21264597 http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13421-010-0041-4 |
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