Publications [#288149] of John E. Staddon

Journal Articles

1. Reid, AK; Staddon, JER (1997). A reader for the Cognitive map. Information Sciences, 100(1-4), 217-228. [Gateway.cgi], [doi]
   (last updated on 2025/03/28)

   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.