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associative learning
Also known as: associative learning model
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Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness link.springer.com Apr 1, 2024 7 facts
claimThe author of 'Resolving the evolutionary paradox of consciousness' proposes a non-adaptationist explanation for adaptive-seeming correlations that involves associative learning.
claimAssociative learning occurs when an organism perceives contingency relations between paired events.
claimAssociative learning can occur through one-shot learning (a single pairing) or incrementally over many pairings.
claimThe associative learning explanation of consciousness, when framed within dualism, relies on immaterial sensations being involved in a learned association, which inevitably affects behavior.
claimThe associative learning explanation of consciousness does not attribute intrinsic causal power to consciousness to motivate behavior, unlike the phenomenal powers view proposed by Mørch.
claimIn humans, subjective valence is affected by associative learning, where a conditioned stimulus becomes liked or disliked if it is paired with a positive or negative unconditioned stimulus.
claimNormal associative learning in organisms begins before birth according to Kawai (2010).
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 2 facts
referenceSimona Ginsburg and Eva Jablonka published 'The transition to experiencing II. The evolution of associative learning based on feelings' in Biological Theory in 2007.
referenceThe associative learning model developed by Ginsburg and Jablonka (2007) places associative learning at the core of the process by which motivational states come under volitional control through consciousness.
Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 1 fact
claimPsychedelics can induce a 'pivotal mental state' characterized by an enhanced rate of associative learning and the potential for stress mediation through psychological or cognitive transformations, according to Brouwer and Carhart-Harris (2021).
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 1 fact
referenceGinsburg and Jablonka (2019) identify the Cambrian explosion as the driver of 'unlimited associative learning' (UAL), which they define as a special form of associative learning with a vast openness for new complex behavior and a transition marker for the presence of consciousness.
Self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence (S-ART) frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceThe cerebellum contributes to simple associative learning, while the inferior temporal cortices and dorsal striatum are responsible for conditioning and habitualizing complex sensory-affective-motor scripts and schemas in visuo-spatial contexts, as reported by Buckner and Wheeler (2001).