Publications [#288149] of John E. Staddon

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  1. Reid, AK; Staddon, JER, A reader for the Cognitive map, Information Sciences, vol. 100 no. 1-4 (January, 1997), pp. 217-228, Elsevier BV [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
    (last updated on 2025/03/09)

    Abstract:
    A local diffusion model (Staddon and Reid, 1990) can reproduce exponential and Gaussian stimulus-generalization gradients. We show that a two-dimensional diffusion model, together with simple reinforcement assumptions, can reproduce many of the empirical properties of goal-directed spatial search, including area-restricted search, open-field foraging, barrier and detour problems, maze learning and spatial "insight." The model provides a simple, associationistic "reader" for Tolman's cognitive map. © Elsevier Science Inc. 1997.