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| Author(s): |
Zaine, Isabela
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Domeniconi, Camila
;
de Rose, Julio C.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF THE EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS OF BEHAVIOR; v. 105, n. 3, p. 362-374, MAY 2016. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 1 |
| Abstract | |
Responding by exclusion is a type of emergent repertoire in which an individual chooses an alternative by the apparent exclusion of other available alternatives. In this case it is possible to respond appropriately to an undefined stimulus (one that has not previously acquired discriminative functions) by excluding the defined alternatives. There is evidence of exclusion in humans and nonhuman animals, although learning as an outcome of exclusion does not always occur. This study aimed to investigate exclusion in visual simple discriminations and learning of new simple discriminations resulting from exclusion in four border collies. Subjects were trained to perform simple simultaneous discriminations between pairs of tridimensional objects, and were then tested for exclusion, novelty control and learning of new simple discriminations. All dogs successfully responded by exclusion, choosing an undefined stimulus displayed with an S-. For three dogs, it was possible to conclude that these previously undefined stimuli acquired S+ functions, documenting learning of new simple discriminations. However, this required up to four exposures to exclusion trials with each pair of stimuli. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 08/57705-8 - Institute for the Study of Behavior, Cognition and Teaching |
| Grantee: | Deisy das Graças de Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/06288-0 - Sensitivity to human social cues and emergent behaviors in domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) |
| Grantee: | Isabela Zaine |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |