Neural and behavioural analyses have shown that the formation of filial preferences in
young, precocial birds involves at least two separate processes. One process is an emerging …

Higher-order conditioning results from a simple training procedure: Pairing two relatively
neutral conditioned stimuli, A and X, allows properties separately conditioned to X (eg, through …

The central concern of associative learning theory is to provide an account of behavioral
adaptation that is parsimonious in addressing three key questions: (1) under what conditions …

Objective The aim of this study was to better understand the nature of decision making at
operational incidents in order to inform operational guidance and training. Background …

The biological basis of the increased risk for psychiatric disorders seen in 15q11.2 copy
number deletion is unknown. Previous work has shown disturbances in white matter tracts in …

It is debated whether subregions within the medial temporal lobe (MTL), in particular the
hippocampus (HC) and perirhinal cortex (PrC), play domain-sensitive roles in learning. In the …

A novel association can form between two memories even when the events to which they
correspond are not physically present. For example, once an integrated memory has formed …

Human participants received unsupervised exposure to difficult-to-discriminate chequerboard
stimuli (eg, AX and BX), before learning a discrimination between them. Experiment 1 …

When major incident emergencies occur in the UK (eg, a terrorist attack), senior representatives
convene from local emergency services, civil resource organizations, health agencies, …

Associative treatments of how Pavlovian conditioning affects conditioned behavior are
rudimentary: A simple ordinal mapping is held to exist between the strength of an association (V) …