Neuroscience
3 years ago

Pairing Neutral Stimuli Can Shape Behavior Beyond Expectations

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
Higher-Order Conditioning: What Is Learnt and How it Is Expressed
R. C. Honey, Dominic M. Dwyer

Paper Summary

Pairing a neutral cue with something important makes the cue trigger a response. Connecting two neutral cues can also affect behavior. Traditional explanations don't fully explain this. A new analysis was done to understand these differences.

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