Associative theory and the phenomena of perceptual learning; Habituation; Latent inhibition as reduced associability; Latent inhibition as associative interference; Acquired distinctiveness: mediation and differentiation; Acquired distinctiveness: attentional factors; Discrimination after stimulus exposure; Learning and the modification of stimulus representations; References; Indexes.
`Hall's arguments are based on many experiments, and are so
detailed, subtle and variegated that they cannot be summarized here
... Hall's book is a tour de force: it convincingly explains a wide
range of phenomena ... Hall is totally honest in reviewing both
evidence and theories ... He suggests enough new experiments to
keep workers in animal learning busy for year. And he exhibits
great zest: one might say that he writes with faith, hope and
clarity.
'
Stuart Sutherland, University of Sussex, Nature, Vol 356, March
1991
`he presents refreshingly objective and integrative interpretations
of the data
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Thomas R. Zentall, University of Kentucky, Science, Vol. 260,
1993
`The book is valuable because readers are introduced to
contemporary associative theory and its continual refinement within
well-researched experimental paradigms. Hall's book is valuable
because of its rigorous analysis of issues surrounding the
relationship between experience with stimuli and later associative
learning. The book succeeds in linking together many important
ideas from seemingly disparate theoretical approaches. For this
reason, the book is
clearly relevant to learning theorists. Because of the central role
of perceptual and associative learning in cognitive and behavioral
processes, it should also interest developmental psychologists.
'
John W. Moore, University of Massachusetts, American Journal of
Psychology, Volume 107, number 3, Fall 1994
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