title: Integrality/separability of stimulus dimensions and multidimensional generalization in pigeons.
abstract: The authors present a quantitative framework for interpreting the results of multidimensional stimulus generalization experiments in animals using concepts derived from the geometrical approach to human cognition. The authors apply the model to the analysis of stimulus generalization data obtained from pigeons trained with different sets of stimuli varying along two orthogonal dimensions. Separable pigeons were trained with stimuli varying along the dimensions of circle size and line tilt, dimensions found to be separable in previous human research; integral pigeons were trained with stimuli varying along two dimensions of rotation in depth, dimensions that are intuitively integral and which hold special interest for theories of object recognition. The model accurately described the stimulus generalization data, with best fits to the City-Block metric for separable pigeons and to the euclidean metric for integral pigeons.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA. fabian-soto@uiowa.edu
authors.forename: Fabian A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Soto
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Wasserman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D003216:Conditioning, Operant / Q000502:physiology; D003867:Depth Perception / Q000502:physiology; D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D004192:Discrimination, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D005793:Generalization, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D010775:Photic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011897:Random Allocation; D011930:Reaction Time / Q000502:physiology; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D012054:Reinforcement, Psychology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology
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