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Event representation in Pavlovian conditioning: Image and action

Holland, Peter C.·1990·Cognition
DOI 10.1016/0010-0277(90)90020-k
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Abstract

In a typical Pavlovian conditioning experiment, a relatively insignificant event, the conditioned stimulus (CS), is paired with a biologically more meaningful event, the unconditioned stimulus (US). As a consequence of those pairings, the CS is thought to acquire response characteristics of the US. In this article I describe experiments with rats that suggest that under some circumstances, the CS acquires control of perceptual processing of the US, in the absence of that US itself. I present three kinds of evidence for this surrogate processing, which I liken to imagery or hallucination: (1) CSs come to control specific, sensory-evaluative responses normally evoked only by the USs; (2) CSs can substitute for USs in the establishment of new learning about those USs themselves; (3) CSs can substitute for USs in the modulation of conditioning to other events, either overshadowing (interfering) or potentiating learning, in the same manner as the USs themselves. Finally, I compare these data with evidence for conditioned sensation and imagery in humans, and suggest that imagery may be a very basic process, evolutionarily derived from perceptual and conditioning processes adapted to deal with remote or absent objects.

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  1. Holland, 1984, The Origins of Pavlovian conditioned behavior, Vol. 18, 129

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Authors
Holland, P. C.
Affiliations
Duke University (US)
Corresponding author
Holland, Peter C.
Venue
Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1990-11
Volume
37
Issue
1-2
Pages
105-131
ISSN
0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0010-0277(90)90020-k
OpenAlex
W2088054419
Cited by
229
References
53
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Cognition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Memory Processes and Influences
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
Keywords
classical conditioning, conditioned stimulus, unconditioned stimulus, imagery, hallucinations, overshadowing, potentiation, perceptual processing, rats
MeSH terms
Animals, Cognition, Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Pattern Recognition, Visual, Columbidae, Mental Recall

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