Latent inhibition in adults occurs even when the CS is preexposed under severe conditions of inattention¶

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Evidence · 1 study · causal r2 · q3
Currency · newest study 1975 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Preexposure to the nonmonitored ear produced latent inhibition equivalent to preexposure to the monitored ear; the difference between the two PE groups was not significant. → A. Ginton 1975

Evidence¶

A. Ginton 1975¶

A. Ginton, G. Urca, and R. E. Lubow. (1975). The effects of preexposure to a nonattended stimulus on subsequent learning: Latent inhibition in adults. Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society, 1975, Vol. 5 (1), 5-8. https://doi.org/10.3758/bf03336682

q3 · i? · causal · r2

Experiment comparing the two CS-preexposed groups (PE/M vs PE/NM) and the two nonpreexposed groups (NPE/M vs NPE/NM). "The difference between the two PE groups was also found not be significant" (U = 46, p > .10, two-tailed).

"The two NPE groups were compared and were found not to be significantly different (U = 44, p> .10, two-tailed) . The difference between the two PE groups was also found not be significant (U = 46, p> .10, two tailed)."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• The inattention manipulation was behaviorally verified: only one of 10 nonmonitored-ear subjects reported hearing the CS during preexposure versus eight of 10 monitored-ear subjects — related
• Nonreinforced preexposure of a to-be-conditioned stimulus produces a strong latent inhibition effect in adult humans — related
• Latent inhibition occurs irrespective of whether preexposure was to the monitored or the nonmonitored ear — possibly the same claim (merge candidate)
• Selective attention reduces encoding of unattended information and induces learned inattention that makes future learning more difficult