Pairings in Learning and Perception: Pavlovian Conditioning and Contingent Aftereffects

Publisher This chapter discusses that the consequence of the pairing of sensory events is of interest to perception researchers, as well as to learning researchers. Such pairing is the central feature of a well known perceptual phenomenon, the McCollough effect (ME). It attempts to integrate these two research traditions. It summarizes the evidence indicating that the vocabulary, techniques, and theoretical analyses of Pavlovian conditioning …