In Experiment 1, unlearning of the initial category and re-learning of the target category proceeded in parallel rather than unlearning preceding re-learning.¶

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q2 i? Reliance on the target category rose while reliance on the initial category fell, with no temporal displacement between the two processes. → Ramsburg 2015

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Ramsburg 2015¶

Ramsburg, J. T., & Ohlsson, S. (2015). Category Change in the Absence of Cognitive Conflict. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Category+Change+in+the+Absence+of+Cognitive+Conflict%22

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Descriptive analysis of misconception-consistent and target-consistent response proportions per block (Figure 4) in Experiment 1; the authors report the curves for the two conditions "differ minimally" and that unlearning and re-learning "proceeded in parallel", contradicting the dissatisfaction-first prediction.

"In addition, we observed that the increase in the participants' reliance on the target category was not delayed with respect to the decrease in the participants' reliance on the initial category; instead, both the unlearning and the re-learning proceeded in parallel."

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