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Nonhuman sequence learning findings argue against Hoerl and McCormack's two systems of temporal cognition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 December 2019

Benjamin J. De Corte  and
Edward A. Wasserman
Benjamin J. De Corte
Affiliation:
Iowa Neuroscience Institute, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA52242benjamin-decorte@uiowa.eduhttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=sfMWDHsAAAAJ&hl=en
Edward A. Wasserman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA52242. ed-wasserman@uiowa.eduhttps://psychology.uiowa.edu/comparative-cognition-laboratory
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Abstract

Hoerl & McCormack propose that animals learn sequences through an entrainment-like process, rather than tracking the temporal addresses of each event in a given sequence. However, past research suggests that animals form “temporal maps” of sequential events and also comprehend the concept of ordinal position. These findings suggest that a clarification or qualification of the authors’ hypothesis is needed.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 42 , 2019 , e248
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