Spy-Radio: An experimental task for the study of human associative learning

Spy-Radio: An experimental task for the study of human associative learning

Developed by Oskar Pineño (2002)

Links to download the Spy-Radio programs used in our experiments

Important note: The last screen requires a password to close the program. The password is "99". In some experimental tasks, a password is required in order to close the screen that is presented during the retention interval. This password is "88".

Pineño, O., & Miller, R. R. (2004). Signaling a change in cue-outcome relations in human associative learning. Learning & Behavior, 32, 360-375.

Pineño, O., Denniston, J. C., Beckers, T., Matute, H., & Miller, R. R. (2005). Contrasting predictive and causal values of predictors and of causes. Learning & Behavior, 33, 184-196.
- Experiment 2 (Note: This experiment was conducted using the Weather Task, which is an adaptation of the Spy-Radio Task).

Pineño, O., De la Casa, L. G., Lubow. R. E., & Miller, R. R. (2006). Some determinants of latent inhibition in humans. Learning and Motivation, 37, 42-65.

Notes:

This program is an adaptation of the task developed by Oskar Pineño and Helena Matute (1998).

A description of the original task can be found in: Pineño, O., Ortega, N., & Matute (2000). The relative activation of associations modulates interference between elemenally trained cues. Learning and Motivation, 31, 128-152.

A demo of the original task can be downloaded from Helena Matute's website.

If you are interested on using this experimental task, you can ask for the source codes. The original Spy-Radio task was programmed in Borland C++ 3.1 and the new version was programmed in Borland Visual C++ (using Borland C++ Builder 3). For this purpose, you can contact me by e-mail.

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You are WELCOME to download and use the programs in this page for teaching and/or research purposes. However, DO NOT forward this material, or make any copies or distribute these programs to other people.