Keywords
anticipation of depletion
pigeons
Time-Place Learning
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Abstract
This study presents a test of a widely accepted proposal in the field of Time-Place Learning (TPL): That regularity in all three components of the task: Time, Place and Event, is needed for the emergence of TPL. Therefore, the present study assesses the effects of different durations of reinforcement availability periods using a standard procedure for the study of TPL on two conditions: constant sequence and variable sequence in a four feeder chamber on the emergence of TPL. For the first condition, the reinforcer was available in a different feeder every trial, but always in the same sequence. For the variable condition, the sequence of feeders in which the reinforcer was delivered changed randomly. Four pigeons were first exposed to the variable condition and then to constant condition. For two birds, the reinforcement availability period was 3 minutes (G3), while for the other two pigeons the reinforcement availability period was 6 minutes (G6). Overall, it was observed that G6 birds were better at the task than G3 subjects on the variable condition. No difference was observed during the constant condition. The implications of these findings to previous considerations about the possible asymmetrical role of spatial and temporal information on TPL are discussed.
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