Generalization (Psychology) - Physiology
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Conceptual representation and the making of new decisions.

22 Sep 2009 A key feature of an adaptive decision making mechanism is its ability to guide behavior even in new situations. In this issue of Neuron, Kumaran et al. report that conceptual representations, which allow generalization from one situation to another ... Read more...

Multisensory congruency as a mechanism for attentional control over perceptual selection.

14 Sep 2009 The neural mechanisms underlying attentional selection of competing neural signals for awareness remains an unresolved issue. We studied attentional selection, using perceptually ambiguous stimuli in a novel multisensory paradigm that combined ... Read more...

More than a matter of getting 'unstuck': flexible thinkers use more abstract representations than perseverators.

29 Jun 2009 Why do people perseverate, repeating prior behaviours that are no longer appropriate? Many accounts point to isolated deficits in processes such as inhibition or attention. We instead posit a fundamental difference in rule representations: flexible ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Generalization (Psychology) - Physiology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Conceptual representation and the making of new decisions. 22 Sep 2009
• Multisensory congruency as a mechanism for attentional control over perceptual selection. 14 Sep 2009
• More than a matter of getting 'unstuck': flexible thinkers use more abstract representations than perseverators. 29 Jun 2009
• Models of quantitative estimations: rule-based and exemplar-based processes compared. 29 Jun 2009
• Generalization of the event-based Carnevale-Hines integration scheme for integrate-and-fire models. 29 Jun 2009
• Generalization of conditioned fear along a dimension of increasing fear intensity. 22 Jun 2009
• Learning and generalization of time production in humans: rules of transfer across modalities and interval durations. 17 Jun 2009
• A randomized controlled trial of mental imagery augment generalization of learning in acute poststroke patients. 21 Apr 2009
• Improving methodology of quantifier comprehension experiments. 12 Apr 2009
• The flexibility of context-specific control: evidence for context-driven generalization of item-specific control settings. 11 Apr 2009
• Effects of human arm impedance on dynamics learning and generalization. 6 Apr 2009
• Sensory generalization and learning about novel colours by poultry chicks. 18 Feb 2009
• Enhanced generalization of auditory conditioned fear in juvenile mice. 15 Feb 2009
• Cortical mechanisms of sensory learning and object recognition. 10 Feb 2009
• A review of the generalization of auditory learning. 10 Feb 2009
• The problem of rapid variable creation. 30 Jan 2009
• Multiple learning parameters differentially regulate olfactory generalization. 30 Jan 2009
• Long-term memory for categories and concepts in horses (Equus caballus). 14 Jan 2009
• A generalized mechanism for perception of pitch patterns. 12 Jan 2009
• The dynamic nature of knowledge: insights from a dynamic field model of children's novel noun generalization. 5 Jan 2009

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Technical information about 'Generalization (Psychology)'

Definition: The phenomenon of an organism's responding to all situations similar to one in which it has been conditioned.

Descriptor UI: D005793

Alternative terms: Generalization (Psychology); Generalizations (Psychology); Generalization; Generalizations;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; drug effects; physiology; radiation effects; ethics;

Tree Number: F02.463.425.357;

History Note: 65; was GENERALIZATION LEARNING 1963-64

Technical Notes: DF: GENERALIZATION