title: Augmentation in contingency learning under time pressure.
abstract: Recent research suggests that cue competition effects in human contingency learning, such as blocking, are due to higher-order cognitive processes. Moreover, some experimental reports suggest that the effect opposite to blocking, augmentation, could occur in experimental preparations that preclude the intervention of reasoning mechanisms. In the present research, we tested this hypothesis by investigating cue interaction effects in an experimental task in which participants had to enter their responses under time pressure. The results show that under these conditions, augmentation, instead of blocking, is observed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Deusto, Apartado 1, 48080 Bilbao, Spain. mvadillo@fice.deusto.es
authors.forename: Miguel A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Vadillo
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matute
mesh_terms: D001245:Association Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001288:Attention / Q000502:physiology; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors