Probability learning - First-order Markov structures of quarternary events
Edward M. Huff · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 1970
o which p r e d i c t i v e behavior corresponds with t h e o b j e c t i v e p r o b a b i l i t i e s o f e v e n t s , and t h e degree t o which man can learn t o u s e information contained i n event sequences.In t h e p r e s e n t s t u d y , 15 groups of s u b j e c t s were exposed t o d i f f e r e n t s e q u e n t i a l l y dependent s t i m u l u s sequences i n a f o u r -a l t e r n a t i v e p r o b a b i l i t y l e a r n i n g paradigm.Groups were found t o d i f f e r i n both l e a r n i n g r a t e and t e r m i n a l response l e v e l s as a j o i n t f u n c t i o n of t h e s t o c h a s t i c s t r u c t u r e and t h e degree of dependence i n t h e s t i m u l u s sequence.Events with common s t r u c t u r a l p r o p e r t i e s i n d i f f e r e n t sequences were learned i n a s i m i l a r f a s h i o n .