Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP160101907

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP160101907

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The role of inductive reasoning in generalization of associative learning. This project seeks to develop a better understanding of how learning is generalised to novel stimuli. Learning about associations around us helps us to obtain resources and minimise threat. A critical task for the learner is how far to extrapolate this knowledge: too little generalisation reduces the benefits of learning and too much risks distraction and maladaptive responding. Recent evidence has shown an important role for reasoning processes in human associative learning. This project aims to apply insights from the inductive reasoning literature to study the role of hypothesis and category induction in generalisation of associative learning. The results are expected to have important implications for our understanding of associative learning and generalisation which may inform techniques to promote adaptive generalisation in fields such as education, training and clinical practice.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2016

End Date: 28-06-2019

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $318,166.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Cognitive Science | Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning | Decision Making

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences |

Other Keywords

Biological Psychology (Neuropsychology, Psychopharmacology, Physiological Psychology) | Cognitive Science | Decision Making | Expanding Knowledge in Psychology and Cognitive Sciences | Knowledge Representation and Machine Learning

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