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Associative learning requires associations, not propositions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 April 2009

Frank Baeyens ,
Debora Vansteenwegen  and
Dirk Hermans
Frank Baeyens
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. frank.baeyens@psy.kuleuven.bedeb.vansteenwegen@psy.kuleuven.bedirk.hermans@psy.kuleuven.behttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/index.htmhttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/english/http://ppw.kuleuven.be/leerpsy/
Debora Vansteenwegen
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. frank.baeyens@psy.kuleuven.bedeb.vansteenwegen@psy.kuleuven.bedirk.hermans@psy.kuleuven.behttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/index.htmhttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/english/http://ppw.kuleuven.be/leerpsy/
Dirk Hermans
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. frank.baeyens@psy.kuleuven.bedeb.vansteenwegen@psy.kuleuven.bedirk.hermans@psy.kuleuven.behttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/index.htmhttp://ppw.kuleuven.be/ppw/english/http://ppw.kuleuven.be/leerpsy/
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Abstract

We discuss findings on evaluative conditioning (EC) that are problematic for the “conscious reasoning/propositional knowledge” account of learning, namely, dissociations between conscious beliefs and acquired (dis)liking. We next argue that, both for EC and for Pavlovian learning in general, conditioned responding cannot rationally be inferred from propositional knowledge type “CS refers to/signals US,” and that, therefore, performance cannot be explained.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 32 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 198 - 199
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2009

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