A FRAMEWORK FOR LEARNING

Reconsidering reflexology

Rejection was based on 19th century view

Reflex interaction and modulation

S-R Reflexes S-R units can interact

Reciprocal inhibition

Crossed extension reflex

Modulation, selection and gating

Central pattern generator

Descending control

The omission of a signal can provide information

Complexities in deriving the underlying causal system

Learning within a lattice hierarchy

Learning can occur at multiple levels within the system

Generalization will vary with level

Wickens experiment

Implications for preparedness

Interations among higher level (motivational) units

Stimuli can act as releasers

Regulation

Servomechanisms

Oscillation

Fatigue and autonomous activation

From reflexes to information processing

 

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