Pigeons worked in a titrating delay match-to-sample (TDMTS) procedure in which selecting the correct comparison stimulus increased the delay between sample offset and comparison-array onset and incorrect comparison selections decreased that delay. Prior research in our lab has shown that the stable adjusted value of the retention interval is a curvilinear function of the observing response requirement. The current study examined the effect of the distribution and predictability of observing response requirements on adjusted retention interval values. The data show that unpredictable observing response requirements were more effective in attenuating the deleterious effects of delay on matching accuracy. The data have implications for our understanding of attending and encoding in performances involving remembering over short temporal durations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc9758 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Lovelace, Bryan S. |
| Contributors | Vaidya, Manish, Glenn, Sigrid S., 1939-, Smith, Richard |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Lovelace, Bryan S., Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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