Evidence for the role of higher order reasoning processes in cue competition and other learning phenomena.
When people judge the contingency between atarget cue and an outcome, they also take into account the contingency between the outcome and other cues with which the target cue co-occurred. Several authors have argued that such cue competition effects are due to higher order reasoning processes. We review the evidence that supports this hypothesis and discuss whether higher order reasoning might also play a role in other learning phenomena.
De Houwer
Jan
J
Department of Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. jan.dehouwer@ugent.be
Beckers
Tom
T
Vandorpe
Stefaan
S
D001245:Association Learning; D003657:Decision Making; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008568:Memory; D008606:Mental Processes; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis