title: An associative analysis of object memory.
abstract: Different aspects of recognition memory in rodents are commonly assessed using variants of the spontaneous object recognition procedure in which animals explore objects that differ in terms of their novelty, recency, or where they have previously been presented. The present article describes three standard variants of this procedure, and outlines a theory of associative learning, SOP which can offer an explanation of performance on all three types of task. The implications of this for theoretical interpretations of recognition memory and the procedures used to explore it are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, The University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England, UK. Electronic address: jasper.robinson@nottingham.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jasper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.affiliation: School of Psychology, The University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD, England, UK.
authors.forename: Charlotte
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bonardi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001244:Association; D003214:Conditioning, Classical; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D021641:Recognition, Psychology; D060865:Repetition Priming; D012377:Rodentia / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Associative learning; Discrimination; Object recognition; Pavlovian conditioning; Priming; Recognition memory