Semantic generalization investigated using second-order conditioned visual afterimages.
A series of experiments is reported during which three subjects were initially classically conditioned to produce visual percepts to a sound only, second-order conditioned to transfer that response to an animal name, and finally taught a "foreign language". The results suggest that semantic generalization occurs whether the semantic relationships are formed either before or after the conditioned response is established.
D000360:Afterimage; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D005793:Generalization, Psychological; D006801:Humans; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception; D014163:Transfer, Psychology; D014796:Visual Perception