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SUBMITTER: Shohamy D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2628634 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shohamy Daphna D Wagner Anthony D AD
Neuron 20081001 2
Decisions are often guided by generalizing from past experiences. Fundamental questions remain regarding the cognitive and neural mechanisms by which generalization takes place. Prior data suggest that generalization may stem from inference-based processes at the time of generalization. By contrast, generalization may emerge from mnemonic processes occurring while premise events are encoded. Here, participants engaged in a two-phase learning and generalization task, wherein they learned a series ...[more]