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Projects 2/12: Do Bayesian and associative models of learning explain individual differences in retrospective revaluation?

Project 2: Juniorprof. Dr. Dominik Endres 

PhD Students: Marcel Binz, Hauke Niehaus

Project 12: Dr. Anna Thorwart 

PhD Student: Midhula Chandran

The two subprojects investigate whether individual human learning behavior shown under naturalistic conditions (virtual reality) can be described by Bayesian models of learning. In particular, the learning dynamic of these models shall be compared with traditional associative models. As we expect model differences to be measured easily, this investigation will be carried out using retrospective revaluation paradigms. Project 2 focuses on the theoretical component of the tandem project, while Project 12 focuses on experimental testing in behavioral experiments with humans.

Publications

Chandran, M., & Thorwart, A. (2021). Time in Associative Learning: A Review on Temporal Maps. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 15, 167. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2021.617943

Uengoer, M., Thorwart, A., Lucke, S., Wöhr, M., & Lachnit, H. (2020). Adding or removing context components equally disrupts extinction in human predictive learning. Behavioural Processes, 179, 104216. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104216

Binz, M., & Endres, D. (2019). Emulating human developmental stages with Bayesian neural networks. Cognitive Science, 3245.

Binz, M., & Endres, D. (2019). Where do heuristics come from? Cognitive Science, 1402-1408.

Stolz, C., Endres, D., & Mueller, E. M. (2019). Threat‐conditioned contexts modulate the late positive potential to faces—A mobile EEG/virtual reality study. Psychophysiology, 56(4), e13308.

Gollwitzer, M., Thorwart, A., & Meissner, K. (2018). Editorial: Psychological responses to violations of expectations. Frontiers in Psychology, 8:2357. 

Rief, W., Glombiewski, J. A., Gollwitzer, M., Schubö, A., Schwarting, R., & Thorwart, A. (2015). Expectancies as core features of mental disorders. Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 28(5), 378-385.

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