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COMPARATIVE COGNITION & BEHAVIOR REVIEWS
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages 103-125Publisher
COMPARATIVE COGNITION SOC
DOI: 10.3819/ccbr.2016.110006
Keywords
mid-session reversal; behavioral organization; timing; anticipation; switching cue; discriminative cue
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- NEI NIH HHS [R01 EY022655] Funding Source: Medline
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What are the mechanisms by which behavior is organized sequentially over time? The recently developed mid-session reversal (MSR) task offers new insights into this fundamental question. The typical MSR task is arranged to have a single reversed discrimination occurring in a consistent location within each session and across sessions. In this task, we examine the relevance of time, reinforcement, and other factors as the switching cue in the sequential modulation of control in MSR. New analyses also highlight some of the potential mechanisms underlying this serially organized behavior. MSR provides new evidence about how cues interact to compete for the control of behavior within and across sessions. We suggest that MSR is an excellent preparation for studying the competition among psychological states and their resolution toward action.
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